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Candidate profile: Timothy Stephen Cywinski

Cywinski is one of 11 Democrats listed in the contested 2026 election for Virginia’s 1st Congressional District.

The Ballot Virginia DeskSeptember 20, 2026
Candidate profile: Timothy Stephen Cywinski

Key takeaways

  • Cywinski is a Democrat running in Virginia’s 1st District.
  • The contested general election is Nov. 3, 2026.
  • Eleven Democratic candidates are listed in the race.
  • No biography or policy positions are on file for Cywinski.
  • No fundraising, spending or cash-on-hand figures are on file.

Cywinski’s candidacy

Timothy Stephen Cywinski is running as a Democrat for the U.S. House in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District. The district’s general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026, and the race is contested.

No biography is on file for Cywinski. There are also no documented policy positions on file, so there is no official basis to describe where Cywinski stands on specific issues.

Figures for funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file. That does not establish that each amount is zero; it means no amount is listed for those categories.

Candidates in the VA-1 race

Eleven candidates are listed, all as Democrats. Each has the same status for the biographical, policy and campaign finance categories covered here:

  • Ata-ul-salaam Bhatti: Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
  • Sean Sublette: Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
  • Timothy Stephen Cywinski: Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
  • Lisa Vedernikova Khanna: Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
  • Jason Knapp: Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
  • Ericka Kopp: Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
  • Lewis Littlepage: Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
  • Andrew Lucchetti: Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
  • Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs: Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
  • Amanda Pohl: Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
  • James Michael Shea: Democratic candidate. No biography, documented policy positions, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file.

What voters can establish

Cywinski’s party affiliation, office sought, district and general election date are established: Democrat, U.S. House, Virginia’s 1st Congressional District and Nov. 3, 2026.

A missing documented policy position should not be interpreted as support for or opposition to an issue. It means a position is not on file. The same distinction applies to campaign finance: the absence of figures for money raised, money spent or cash on hand is not a reported dollar amount.

The same limits apply to every named candidate in the race. None has a biography, documented policy position or campaign finance figure on file in the listed categories.

Election details to follow

The election remains scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. Before voting, voters can watch for changes to the candidate roster and for the publication of candidate biographies, documented policy positions, or figures covering fundraising, spending and cash on hand.

Those updates would make it possible to compare the candidates’ backgrounds, stated priorities and campaign finances. Until then, the established comparison is limited to the candidates’ names, shared Democratic affiliation, the U.S. House office they seek and the election date.

What to watch

  • Changes to the VA-1 candidate roster
  • Publication of documented candidate positions
  • New fundraising, spending or cash-on-hand figures
  • Any candidate biographies added before the election

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

Election day: November 3, 2026

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