Election Schedule
2012 Election Calendar
| March 6, 2012 |
Republican Presidential Primary Election
To select the candidate for the November Presidential Election. |
| May 1, 2012 |
Town Elections
To elect the Mayors and Council Members for the towns of Clifton, Herndon, and Vienna. |
| June 12, 2012 |
Congressional Primary Elections To select candidates for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives if called by the parties. |
| November 6, 2012 |
General and Special Election
To select the electors for the President and Vice President of the United States and for the offices of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. |
*In April 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau conducted the national decennial
census and released detailed population data relating to Virginia in
February 2011. The 2010 Census data will be used to reapportion
representation in the United States House of Representatives, state
legislatures, and local elected governing bodies - a process commonly
referred to as redistricting. Additional information regarding
redistricting can be found at: http://dlsgis.state.va.us/.
**The General Assembly passed legislation (
H 1507) which changed the 2011 primary date from Tuesday, June 14,
2011 to Tuesday, August 23, 2011.
2012 - 2021 Election Schedule by Office
| OFFICE | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| Federal Offices (U.S.) | President/Vice President | X | X | X | |||||||
| Senate | X | X | |||||||||
| Senate | X | X | |||||||||
| House of Representatives | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| State- Wide Offices | Governor | X | X | X | |||||||
| Lt. Governor | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Attorney General | X | X | X | ||||||||
| General Assembly | State Senate | X | X | ||||||||
| House of Delegates | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Local Offices | Board of Supervisors | X | X | ||||||||
| School Board | X | X | |||||||||
| Commonwealth's Attorney | X | X | |||||||||
| Sheriff | X | X | |||||||||
| Clerk of the Court | X | ||||||||||
| Soil and Water Commission | X | X | |||||||||
| Town Offices | Clifton-Mayor, 5 Council | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Herndon-Mayor, 6 Council | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Vienna-Mayor, 3 Council | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Vienna-3 Council | X | X | X | X | X |
- Virginia has a General Election every year on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
- Federal offices are elected in even-numbered years.
- State and Local offices are elected in odd-numbered years.
- Clifton and Herndon Mayor and Town Council are elected in even-number years on the first Tuesday in May.
- Vienna Mayor and 3 Town Council members are elected in even-numbered years on the first Tuesday in May.
- 3 Vienna Town Council members are elected in odd-numbered years on the first Tuesday in May.
- If primaries are called by the political parties, they are held on the second Tuesday in June.


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