Candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates raised a record $63.7 million in campaign funds by Sept. 30 this year, compared to the previous high of $59.6 million in 2021.

Democratic House candidates have raised a total of $44.2 million this cycle, their most in the last two decades. Republicans have raised $19.6 million, down from a high of $26.9 million in 2023. 

As of Sept. 30, the top 10 fundraisers in this year’s Virginia House of Delegates elections were all Democrats. Thirteen of the 18 candidates who had surpassed $1 million were Democrats and five were Republicans.

The highest fundraiser is House Speaker Don Scott (D), who has raised $5.1 million. Scott, who is unopposed in November, is using his campaign funds to help boost other Democratic legislative candidates.

Scott and Michael Feggans are the only two incumbents among the Democratic Party’s top fundraisers. The other eight are running in districts that Republicans currently represent. The Republican incumbent is running in seven of those contests, and one seat is open.

Ballotpedia identified 23 districts as general election battlegrounds. Democratic candidates in those districts raised a total of $24.2 million, and Republican candidates raised a total of $11.9 million. That means Democratic candidates outraised Republican candidates by about 2-to-1 in battleground districts and across all 100 districts.

According to the Virginia Public Access Project, satellite groups have also made $2.6 million in independent expenditures across 18 districts. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) and Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) also announced investments in the Virginia House races.

The DLCC announced in September that their total investment had surpassed $2 million. DLCC President Heather Williams told the Virginia Scope, “These elections couldn’t be more important, which is why the DLCC is all hands on deck to fuel these winning campaigns through Election Day.”

The RSLC announced a $2 million get-out-the-vote program in Virginia and New Jersey, calling it “one of the most significant investments by the committee to date.”

Democrats currently have a 51-49 majority in the Virginia House and a 52-28 majority in the New Jersey General Assembly. The general election is Nov. 4, 2025.