Our 2026 Republican Primary Candidates

Governor / Lt. Governor

Carl Brunner, Jr. / Kevin L. Rhodes Sr.

L.D. Burkindine / Jeremy M. Shifflett

Dan Cox / Rob Krop

Ed Hale / Tyrone Keys Jr.

Douglas Larcomb / Martina D. Duncan

John A. Myrick / Brenda J. Thiam

Michael Oakes / Ronald W. Abend

Nancy Jane Taylor / Rachel Hannah “Mohawk” Swift

Shannon Wright / Reba A. Hawkins

Comptroller

Sonya Dunn

Attorney General

James B. Rutledge, III

Congressional District 1

Chris Bruneau

Andy Harris

State Senator District 36

Steve Hershey

House of Delegates District 36

Steve Arentz

Jeff Ghrist

Jay A. Jacobs

County Commissioner

Ron Fithian

Albert Nickerson

John F. Price

State’s Attorney

Matt Crouch

Judge of Orphans’ Court

Joseph L. Holt

Sheriff

Dennis W. Hickman, Jr.

Republican Central Committee

Benjamin F. Ray

Mariam Azra Satchell

Dawn P. Sutton

Leonard A. Thompson