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The General Elections will be held on November 4, 2025; Primary Elections on June 17, 2025. The filing deadline for these elections is to be determined.
Election Calendar
(Please note that while this may be the latest information taken from the Virginia Department of Elections [1] and the City of Charlottesville website, the dates and details are subject to change and it is the responsibility of the candidate seeking election and voter to verify the accuracy of the information.)
| YEAR | PRIMARY ELECTIONS § | GENERAL ELECTION | TABULATION RULES | BALLOT VOTING METHOD | OFFICE |
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| 2025 | June 17, 2025 | Ranked choice | City Council (2 seats) | ||
| 2025 | November 4, 2025 | City Council (2 seats) | |||
| June 17, 2025 | November 4, 2025 | Multiple non-transferable | City School Board (3 seats) using plurality vote in single-winner contests | ||
| 2025 | June 17, 2025 | November 4, 2025 | Plurality-at-large | City Constitutional Offices (except Clerk of Court): Sheriff, Treasurer, Commissioner of the Revenue and Commonwealth's Attorney using plurality vote in single-winner contests | |
| 2025 | June 17, 2025 | November 4, 2025 | Plurality-at-large | Virginia House of Delegates, 57th District; Attorney General of Virginia; Lieutenant Governor; Governor using plurality vote in single-winner contests | |
| § If held | Source: Virginia Department of Elections | |||||
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City of Charlottesville
The city of Charlottesville, Virginia, will hold general elections for two city council seats, three positions on the school board, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, commissioner of revenue, and treasurer.
Rank Choice Voting (RCV)
The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill to amend Code of Virginia § 24.2-673.1 in July 2020 to allow localities to implement ranked choice voting in elections of members of a county board of supervisors or a city council. On September 3, 2024, Charlottesville City Council adopted an ordinance to use of ranked choice voting for the June 2025 council primary election, making Charlottesville the second locality in Virginia to implement ranked choice voting, after Arlington County. City council will consider whether to more permanently proceed with ranked-choice voting after the 2025 primaries.[2]
City Council
Two seats currently occupied by incumbents Juandiego Wade (D) and Brian Pinkston (D) are available in this election. Charlottesville is one of just four cities in Virginia holding city council elections this year[3] and will be the second locality in the state to implement ranked choice voting, following Arlington County.[4]
Democrats have dominated the city council for the past 155 years, with the exception of a brief two-year period after the 1968 election when Republicans held a 3-2 majority. Rob Schilling was the last Republican to serve on the council, having been elected in 2002. Michael Farruggio and Party Chair Charles “Buddy” Weber were the most recent Republicans to run for the position, but both lost in the 2013 election.
Primary
If held, June 17, 2025
Democratic primary election
Republican primary election
School Board
Incumbents by seat are Lisa Larson-Torres (D), Dom Morse (D), and Emily Dooley (D).
Commonwealth's Attorney
Joseph D. "Joe" Platania (D) won a second term as the city’s top prosecutor in the 2021 election, having first been elected to the position in the 2017 election.
Sheriff
James Edward Brown, III (D) won the 2021 election against no opponents.
Commissioner of Revenue
Todd D. Divers (D) won the 2021 election against no opponents. The Commissioner of Revenue (COR) is an elected chief tax assessing officer of the local government of Charlottesville, Virginia.
Treasurer
Jason Vandever (D) won the 2021 election against no opponents; he was elected as treasurer in a special election on April 2, 2013.
Nelson County
Three of the county's five magisterial districts have Supervisor terms expiring at the end of the year. They are the East District seat currently held by Jesse Rutherford, the North District seat held by Tommy D. Harvey, and the Central District seat held by Ernie Reed.
General Assembly
House District 54
House District 55
Senate District 10
The political year begins on January 7 with a special election in Senate District 10 to replace the vacancy left when John McGuire was elected to represent Virginia's 5th Congressional District.
Republican Luther Cifers defeated Democrat Jack Trammell to succeed McgGuire. [5] [6]
Senate District 11
References
- ↑ Web. Calendars & Schedules - Virginia Department of Elections, Virginia Department of Elections, REV11/2021, retrieved December 20, 2023.
- ↑ Web. Charlottesville adopts ranked-choice voting on a trial basis, c-ville.com, 5:11 p.m. Sep. 5, 2024, retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ Web. SCHEDULE OF GENERAL ELECTIONS, retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ↑ Web. Ranked choice voting is coming to Charlottesville in 2025, VPM, Published September 4, 2024 at 7:35 PM EDT, retrieved October 16, 2024.
- ↑ Web. Cifers triumphs in multi-round vote to represent GOP in state Senate District 10 special election, Markus Schmidt, December 14, 2024, retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ↑ Web. Jack Trammell Wins SD-10 Democratic Nomination in Special Election to Replace Republican State Senator John McGuire, Virginia Democrats, December 3, 2024, retrieved December 14, 2024.