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Additional early voting location opens in Alexandria as November election nears

Published October 19, 2026 at 9:15AM

A voting sign at the Alexandria Registrar of Voters, 132 N. Royal Street, in Old Town (staff photo by James Cullum)

A second early voting location is open in Alexandria for the Nov. 3 election, which will decide congressional midterm elections and Virginia constitutional amendments.

Charles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library (5005 Duke Street) opened for early voting Sunday (Oct. 18), supplementing the ongoing location at the Office of Voter Registration and Elections. Voter ID is required to vote in person, or voters can sign an ID statement affirming their identity. The deadline for early voting will be 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31.

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Early voting begins Sept. 18 in Alexandria for congressional races, constitutional amendments

By Emily Leayman

Published September 14, 2026 at 2:45PM

Voters at Mount Vernon Recreation Center in Del Ray on Election Day, Nov. 4, 2025 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Early voting for the Nov. 3 general election in Alexandria will kick off Friday (Sept. 18) at the Office of Voter Registration and Elections.

The general election ballot will include races for Sen. Mark Warner’s (D-Va.) U.S. Senate seat and Rep. Don Beyer (D-8)’s 8th Congressional District seat. Three constitutional amendments — regarding reproductive rights, same-sex marriage and voting rights for former felons — are also on the ballot.

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Here’s how Alexandria voted in Tuesday’s Democratic and Republican primaries

By James Cullum

Published August 5, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated August 5, 2026 at 4:07PM

Voting sign at Leonard “Chick” Armstrong Recreation Center in Arlandria, Aug. 4, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria’s Rep. Don Beyer handily won his party’s nomination Tuesday night to run for his seventh term representing Virginia’s 8th Congressional District, and retired Army Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa won the Republican nomination to run against U.S. Sen. Mark Warner in the Nov. 3 general election.

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Alexandria gears up for 2026 congressional primary elections Tuesday

By Emily Leayman

Published August 3, 2026 at 1:45PM | Updated August 5, 2026 at 10:10AM

Voting at Charles Houston Recreation Center in Old Town on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria voters are headed to the polls Tuesday (Aug. 4) to cast their votes in Democratic and Republican primaries, which will determine nominees for the 2026 midterms.

Polls will be open between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday. Voters are not registered by party in Virginia, so they can choose to vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary. As of Aug. 1, Alexandria has over 117,000 registered voters.

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Democratic early votes far outpace Republican turnout in Alexandria primaries

By Emily Leayman

Published July 21, 2026 at 9:15AM

A voting sign at the Alexandria Registrar of Voters, 132 N. Royal Street, in Old Town (staff photo by James Cullum)

Early voters participating in the Democratic primary are far outnumbering those in the Republican primary, according to data from the Alexandria Office of Voter Registration and Elections.

Thousands of votes have been cast in about a month of early voting for the Aug. 4 primary elections.

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Early voting to begin this week for August congressional primaries in Alexandria

By Emily Leayman

Published June 16, 2026 at 11:45AM | Updated June 16, 2026 at 12:14PM

Charles Houston Recreation Center on Election Day, April 21, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Early voting is set to begin Thursday, June 18 for 2026 congressional primary elections in Alexandria, according to the city’s Office of Voter Registration and Elections.

The elections on Aug. 4 will include a Democratic primary for U.S. House of Representatives in the 8th Congressional District and a Republican primary to decide who will run against Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) for U.S. Senate. Virginia voters are not registered by party, so they can vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary.

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JUST IN: Sen. Mark Warner and wife announce daughter’s death

By Emily Leayman

Published April 20, 2026 at 11:15AM | Updated April 20, 2026 at 3:42PM

Senator Mark Warner during a Virginia media availability in May 2025 (via Sen. Warner's office)

Sen. Mark Warner (D) and his wife, Lisa Collis, shared today (Monday) that their daughter Madison Warner has died.

The 36-year-old died after decades of battling juvenile diabetes and other health issues, according to their statement.

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Warner, Kaine announce committee passage of aviation safety bill

By Ryan Belmore

Published October 21, 2025 at 5:00PM

At Gravelly Point, a man in a folding chair reads a book as planes land at National Airport (Staff photo by Jay Westcott)

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced Tuesday that crucial aviation safety legislation has passed out of the Senate Commerce Committee in response to the Jan. 29 mid-air collision near Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people.

The Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform Act, or ROTOR Act, passed unanimously and addresses systemic failures identified in the crash between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.

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Virginia senators demand Education Department restore funding to Northern Virginia schools

By Ryan Belmore

Published September 15, 2025 at 6:25PM | Updated September 17, 2025 at 1:15PM

Alexandria City High School (staff photo by James Cullum)

U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner sent a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday demanding the immediate reversal of federal funding cuts to Alexandria City Public Schools and four other Northern Virginia school districts over transgender student policies.

The letter represents the latest escalation in a monthslong standoff between the Trump administration and Northern Virginia schools that has put more than $300 million in federal funding at risk for more than 386,000 students across the five districts.

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Warner, Kaine slam Trump administration for threat of federal funding cuts to Alexandria schools

By Ryan Belmore

Published August 18, 2025 at 1:30PM

Alexandria City High School (staff photo by James Jarvis)

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine condemned the Trump administration Monday for beginning the process to cut federal funding from Alexandria City Public Schools and four other Northern Virginia districts over their refusal to change transgender student policies.

The senators released a joint statement Monday as the U.S. Department of Education began suspending federal aid to the districts after they rejected demands to rescind policies allowing transgender students to use facilities matching their gender identity.

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Senator Warner introduces bill requiring ICE agents to identify themselves, remove masks during routine operations

By Ryan Belmore

Published July 31, 2025 at 3:30PM

Senator Mark Warner during media availability on Thursday, July 31.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced legislation today requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to identify themselves and remove masks during routine immigration enforcement activities, citing concerns about unidentified officers conducting operations across Virginia communities.

The bill, co-sponsored with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), establishes the same identification standards for ICE agents that currently apply to state troopers, sheriffs and local police officers. Warner says the legislation responds to increased ICE presence in Virginia and repeated instances of masked agents causing panic during arrests.