Full profile
Virginia’s 7th Congressional District has a contested U.S. House election scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. Adele Mcclure is among 18 listed candidates, including Democrats, Republicans, an independent candidate and a candidate with no party affiliation.
Mcclure’s record
Mcclure is listed as a Democrat in the VA-7 contest. Election records currently list no biography for Mcclure and identify no documented positions on policy issues.
No amounts are listed for Mcclure’s campaign funds raised, funds spent or cash on hand. Those categories show how much money a campaign has collected, used and retained.
The full candidate field
The same categories — biography, documented policy positions and campaign-finance totals — are not listed for any of the 18 candidates in the race:
- Alaha Ms. Ahrar, independent: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Adele Mcclure, Democrat: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Joseph Patrick Cooney, Democrat: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Douglas Ollivant, Republican: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Tara Anne Durant, Republican: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Matthew G. Rainforth, Democrat: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Joshua Ertle, no party affiliation: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Jacob Roginsky, Republican: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- John Gray, Republican: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Saddam Salim, Democrat: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Elizabeth Guzman, Democrat: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Joseph Schiarizzi, Democrat: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Philip A. Harding, Republican: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Jonathan Peter Schmeelk, Democrat: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Dan Helmer, Democrat: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Rick Smithers, Republican: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Darius Mayfield, Republican: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
- Dorothy Mcauliffe, Democrat: No biography, policy positions or campaign-finance totals are listed.
What the party labels show
The field includes eight candidates listed as Democrats: Mcclure, Cooney, Rainforth, Salim, Guzman, Schiarizzi, Schmeelk and Helmer. Dorothy Mcauliffe is also listed as a Democrat, bringing the total to nine.
Seven candidates are listed as Republicans: Ollivant, Durant, Roginsky, Gray, Harding, Smithers and Mayfield. Ahrar is listed as independent, while Ertle is listed with no party affiliation.
A party label identifies how a candidate is listed in the race. It does not establish where that candidate stands on individual issues, and no documented policy positions are listed for any candidate.
What voters can track
The candidate field may become clearer as the election process continues. Key developments include candidate qualification and ballot status, party nomination decisions, campaign-finance filings, and official statements describing candidates’ backgrounds or positions.
The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. No winner can be determined until voting takes place and election officials complete the vote-counting and certification process.
