Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Virginia District 1
Filing address
Glen Allen, VA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BEGGS, ELIZABETH DEMPSEY
Next election
Primary August 4, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Virginia with the 2026 district highlighted

Virginia, District 1

DemocraticU.S. House · Virginia District 1ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6VA01315 · Principal campaign committee: ELIZABETH FOR VIRGINIA

Total raised$198,744.34
Total spent$198,744.34
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$35,956.33
Loans from the candidate$39,800.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 28, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $150,668.32Party committees: $25.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $48,046.02Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $5.00
  • Individual contributions$150,668.3276%
  • Party committees$25.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$48,046.0224%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$5.000%

Self-funding: $48,046.02 (24% of money raised): $8,246.02 given and $39,800.00 lent by the candidate. $3,843.67 of loans repaid so far.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$100,669.0667%
  • Contributions over $200$49,799.2633%
  • Itemized from inside Virginia$40,345.2667%
  • Itemized from other states$19,584.9833%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $2,379.00 · Illinois $2,335.00 · North Carolina $1,515.00 · New York $1,079.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$80K$0 YEAR-END: raised $13,863.43YEAR-END: spent $4,524.23APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $50,631.49APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $55,741.05JULY QUARTERLY: raised $80,082.12JULY QUARTERLY: spent $64,840.56PRE-PRIMARY: raised $22,104.16PRE-PRIMARY: spent $31,756.04TERMINATION REPORT: raised $32,063.14TERMINATION REPORT: spent $41,882.462025-122026-032026-062026-072026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Virginia U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs (D)$198,744.34$0.002026-09-28
Robert J. Wittman (R)$5,432,689.32$797,346.032026-10-14
Shannon Leigh Taylor (D)$4,604,761.22$598,734.272026-10-14
Jason Knapp (D)$612,015.50$6,025.342026-09-30
Ata-Ul-Salaam Bhatti (D)$330,090.11$10,607.292026-09-30
Melvin Tull (D)$293,544.95$0.002026-09-30
Lisa Vedernikova Khanna (D)$277,648.13$0.002026-01-30
Sean Sublette (D)$66,110.85$0.002025-12-08
Andrew Lucchetti (D)$57,728.39$0.002025-08-22
Amanda Pohl (D)$51,417.71$0.002026-02-27

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
The Washington Post/SSPGSeptember 23–28, 2026609 (LV)±4.5%Rob Wittman 46% · Shannon Taylor 50%
DCCC Targeting Team (D)September 15–17, 2026519 (LV)± 4.3%Rob Wittman 47% · Shannon Taylor 46%
Public Policy Polling (D)August 8–9, 2025541 (RV)± 4.2%Rob Wittman 41% · Shannon Taylor 40%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: ELIZABETH FOR VIRGINIA.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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