Virginia Primary Election Day — live updates and results
By CD News Staff | August 4, 2026Polls opened at 6 a.m. this morning for Virginia’s Congressional primary elections.
Polls opened at 6 a.m. this morning for Virginia’s Congressional primary elections.
Tuesday was election day in Virginia — voters across the Commonwealth had been voting for weeks on whether to approve a Democrat-led plan to redraw the state's congressional maps before the midterm elections in November.
Check back throughout the day for live updates on turnout at student polling places
In the wake of University President Jim Ryan’s resignation, The Cavalier Daily collected student reactions through a Microsoft Form
Students can vote today at several locations on and around Grounds, with polls closing at 7 p.m.
The encampment overlapped with a separate “May Day” protest on the Lawn, which was hosted by student activist group U.Va. Dissenters and the U.Va. Apartheid Divest Coalition.
Rucker replaced Robyn Hadley, who served as both dean of students and vice president for student affairs for two years.
Prior to elections opening Feb. 28, The Cavalier Daily and the University Board of Elections will host a debate between the candidates Monday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Groves was named dean of students in June 2008.