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Candidate profile: Sean Sublette in Virginia’s 1st District

Sean Sublette is one of 11 Democrats listed in the contested U.S. House race in Virginia’s 1st District.

Candidate profile: Sean Sublette in Virginia’s 1st District

Key takeaways

  • Sean Sublette is a Democratic candidate in VA-1.
  • The general election is Nov. 3, 2026.
  • The race is listed as contested.
  • Eleven Democrats are listed as candidates.
  • No biographies, finance figures or policy positions are on file.

Sean Sublette is one of 11 Democrats listed in the contested 2026 race for Virginia’s 1st Congressional District. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.

The candidate list identifies each person’s party. It does not list a biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy position for any of the candidates.

Sean Sublette’s candidacy

Sublette is listed as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Virginia’s 1st District. No biography is on file. There are also no fundraising, spending or cash-on-hand figures on file for his campaign.

No documented policy positions are on file for Sublette. That means the official record described here does not establish his views on legislation or issues that could come before Congress.

The candidates in the race

The listed field contains 11 candidates, all identified as Democrats. Each has the same categories of information on file:

  • Ata-ul-salaam Bhatti: A Democrat with no biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy positions on file.
  • Sean Sublette: A Democrat with no biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy positions on file.
  • Timothy Stephen Cywinski: A Democrat with no biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy positions on file.
  • Lisa Vedernikova Khanna: A Democrat with no biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy positions on file.
  • Jason Knapp: A Democrat with no biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy positions on file.
  • Ericka Kopp: A Democrat with no biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy positions on file.
  • Lewis Littlepage: A Democrat with no biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy positions on file.
  • Andrew Lucchetti: A Democrat with no biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy positions on file.
  • Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs: A Democrat with no biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy positions on file.
  • Amanda Pohl: A Democrat with no biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy positions on file.
  • James Michael Shea: A Democrat with no biography, fundraising total, spending total, cash-on-hand figure or documented policy positions on file.

Policy and campaign finance

There are no documented candidate positions in the record for this race. As a result, none of the 11 candidates can be assigned a stated position on a policy question from these official entries.

Campaign finance figures are also not on file for any candidate. The entries contain no totals for money raised, money spent or cash on hand, so they do not support a financial comparison among the campaigns.

Election details

The race is for a seat in the U.S. House representing Virginia’s 1st District. It is listed as contested, and the general election date is Nov. 3, 2026.

Voters following the race can watch for changes to the candidate list, official campaign finance entries and documented policy statements. Those updates would allow direct comparisons of the candidates’ backgrounds, campaign activity and positions before Election Day.

What to watch

  • Updates to the official candidate list
  • New campaign finance entries
  • Documented candidate policy positions
  • The Nov. 3, 2026, general election

Who's running: U.S. House, District 1

Election day: November 3, 2026

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