(The Center Square) – Voters head to the polls Tuesday in four Virginia congressional districts where electricity costs, healthcare, housing and federal spending are among the issues shaping the races.

The districts stretch from Southwest Virginia to Northern Virginia. All four incumbents are seeking reelection, with Democrats holding three seats and Republicans holding the 9th District. The Cook Political Report rates all four races as solidly favoring the incumbent parties.

Early-voting estimates published Monday by the Virginia Public Access Project show likely Democratic voters accounting for the largest share of early ballots in the 8th, 10th and 11th districts, while likely Republican voters account for the largest share in the 9th. The estimates are based on voting histories and demographic information, not actual votes for candidates.

8th Congressional District

Democratic Rep. Don Beyer faces Republican Tony Sabio, Libertarian Shelly Arnoldi and independent Tim Sharman in a district covering Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church and portions of Fairfax County.

Beyer, who has represented the district since 2015, supports restoring enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, reversing federal healthcare spending cuts and returning greater authority over tariffs to Congress.

Sabio, a Navy veteran who also served in federal security positions, supports expanding health savings accounts, making medical prices more transparent and allowing people to keep health insurance when changing jobs. He also wants large electricity users to help cover additional power generation costs.

Arnoldi supports reducing taxes and regulations affecting small businesses, strengthening parental rights in education and establishing congressional term limits. She also wants data centers to cover their electricity and water costs.

Sharman identifies healthcare costs, tariffs, housing and childcare among his priorities. He also wants to protect federal workers from future government shutdowns.

9th Congressional District

Republican Rep. Morgan Griffith faces Democrat Joy Powers, a cattle farmer and small-business owner, in a district covering much of Southwest Virginia.

Griffith, in Congress since 2011 after 17 years in the Virginia House of Delegates, supports expanding coal production, reducing federal regulations and requiring a balanced federal budget.

Powers has focused on rising household costs, rural hospitals and the effects of federal policies on farmers. She says tariffs have increased agricultural costs and supports protecting Medicaid funding for rural hospitals.

Both candidates have addressed growing electricity demand from data centers.

Griffith opposes a construction moratorium but supports protecting existing electricity customers from infrastructure costs associated with the facilities.

Powers supports a temporary nationwide moratorium until federal guidelines are established. She also wants developers to cover their electricity and water costs rather than shifting those expenses to residents.

10th Congressional District

Democratic Rep. Suhas Subramanyam faces Republican Dave Beckwith and independent Ahsen Mujeeb Malik in a district covering Loudoun, Fauquier and Rappahannock counties, Manassas, Manassas Park and portions of Prince William and Fairfax counties.

Subramanyam, elected in 2024, supports a local moratorium on data center development and federal policies requiring the facilities to cover infrastructure costs. He also points to his work in the General Assembly on utility refunds and prescription drug affordability.

Beckwith, a retired Air Force officer and former deputy assistant secretary of defense, supports expanding health savings accounts, increasing medical price transparency and investing in nuclear energy. He also identifies housing affordability and electricity demand from data centers as priorities.

Malik, a middle school teacher, supports local efforts to ban new data center construction and federal legislation addressing the costs of new facilities. He also supports border enforcement and a path to permanent legal residency for undocumented immigrants already living in the United States.

11th Congressional District

Democratic Rep. James Walkinshaw faces Republican Arthur Purves and Green Party candidate Dianne Blais in a district covering Fairfax City and parts of Fairfax County.

Walkinshaw won a special election in 2025 after longtime Rep. Gerry Connolly died. He is seeking his first full term in Congress.

Walkinshaw introduced legislation that would require congressional approval for major federal agency reorganizations. He also supports restoring federal jobs eliminated under the Trump administration.

He wants to restore enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits and require data centers to pay their share of electricity infrastructure costs instead of passing those expenses to households.

Purves, president of the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance, says excessive federal spending is driving inflation. He wants to reduce government spending and says improving Americans’ diets could help lower federal healthcare costs.

Blais supports a moratorium on data center construction and free public transportation. She also wants higher taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations and less military spending, with more federal money directed toward domestic needs.