Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Gabriella Michele Bedsworth

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Virginia District 5
Filing address
Lynchburg, VA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BEDSWORTH, GABRIELLA MICHELE
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 5

DemocraticU.S. House · Virginia District 5ChallengerWithdrawn

FEC candidate ID H6VA05266 · Principal campaign committee: GABRIELLA FOR CONGRESS

No financial reports filed yet. This candidate has registered with the FEC but has not filed a report with money totals for the 2025–2026 cycle.

The FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

The race

Virginia U.S. House, District 5, 2026 · 13 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Thomas Stuart Price Perriello (D)$3,472,773.77$1,032,434.712026-09-30
John J. McGuire III (R)$2,419,702.34$382,052.722026-10-14
Mike Pruitt (D)$433,423.00$62,957.232026-09-30
Adele Stichel (D)$105,237.90$0.002026-01-31
Melanie Virginia Lucero (R)$99,950.98$0.002026-09-10
Robert William Tracinski (D)$54,102.61$17,528.822026-07-22
Kathryn (kate) Zabriskie (D)$47,155.84$0.002025-12-31
Robert G. Good (R)$44,987.62$5,760.392026-09-30
Suzanne K Krzyzanowski (D)$17,062.00$217.192026-09-30
Paul Riley (D)$3,245.00$0.002026-04-17

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLean ROctober 20, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLikely RSeptember 25, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsLikely ROctober 1, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RSeptember 29, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Expedition Strategies (D)September 21–24, 2026400 (LV)± 4.9%John McGuire 46% · Tom Perriello 45%
The Washington Post/SSPGSeptember 23–28, 2026600 (LV)±4.6%John McGuire 51% · Tom Perriello 45%
Expedition Strategies (D){{cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EkjffKo5q9TcJ4GLK9LS-00iPmeBhGS5/view|title=VA-05 Poll Resultswebsite=Google Docs|date=August 18, 2026|access-date=August 10, 2026}}July 29 – August 1, 2026602 (LV)John McGuire 3.99% · Tom Perriello 47%
Expedition Strategies (D)September 21–24, 2026400 (LV)± 4.9%Generic Republican 46% · Generic Democrat 48%

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: GABRIELLA FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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