PHOTOS: Virginia, DC Primary Day 2022

Polls in D.C. and Virginia opened Tuesday as residents vote for Congressional and local midterm election candidates.

Voters in Virginia will select nominees for House seats, with many candidates running unopposed at the state and local levels. In the District, primaries will decide party nominees for mayor, attorney general, some D.C. Council seats and the non-voting delegate to Congress.

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See photos from WTOP’s team coverage of polling locations, election results and candidates across the region.

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River Oaks Elementary School in Woodbridge is a polling place for Va’s 7th District for Republican primary — six candidates are in the ballot. Each hopes to take on Democrat Abigail Spanberger this fall. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

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Here in Va’s 7th District, 6 GOP primary candidates are running for a chance to take on Democrat incumbent Abigail Spanberger. By 10am, 7 people voted at Potomac Middle School. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

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At the Chevy Chase Community Center, primary voting early in the morning has been really slow. Just a handful of voters have been here in the first hour that polls were open. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)

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Mayor Muriel Bowser shakes hands while supporters chant “four more years” as the D.C. primary elections begin. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)

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Virginia’s District 8 voters have one item on the ballot: the district’s House seat. Voters will enter privacy areas and select either incumbent House Democrat Don Beyer or Victoria Virasingh. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

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Signs adorn the lawn of the Chevy Chase Community Center as polling locations prepare to open for the D.C. primary elections. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)

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Most polling places in Virginia have drop boxes near the entrances for sealed absentee ballots. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

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Primary Election Day begins at George C. Marshall High School, in Falls Church. Virginia’s District 8 is made up of parts of Fairfax and Arlington counties, as well as Falls Church and Alexandria. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein)