Geral D. "Bishop" Staten
Background
- Holds no office. Virginia's candidate list records him as not the incumbent, the desk found no federal or state legislative office for him, and he has no campaign website. Virginia Department of Elections, Federal Election Commission
- His Facebook profile, his only social account and the one Ballotpedia lists for him, carries his own description of himself in full. Facebook
- He submitted an unedited biography to WAVY for a different office and a different election, Suffolk Commissioner of Revenue on the November 4, 2025 ballot; nothing in it is carried as a position in this race. WAVY
What they say they want to do
- Names affordability first among the policy areas he says he cares about, without stating a position within them. Ballotpedia
- Wants Hampton Roads represented by someone from the district, one of his three campaign messages. Ballotpedia
- Runs on purpose rather than party, the first of those three messages. Ballotpedia
- Would keep the two-year House term, asked whether it is the right length. Ballotpedia
What the official record shows
- Holds no legislative record this desk can compare: the desk found no federal or state legislative office for him. The state's own candidate lists, revised September 8 and September 10, 2026, record him in every locality of the district and not as the incumbent. Virginia Department of Elections, Virginia Department of Elections
- Bishop Staten for Congress filed its first statement of organization with the Federal Election Commission, with the candidate himself as treasurer. Federal Election Commission
- The last of the committee's four miscellaneous submissions to the commission, filed between January 27 and July 2, 2026. Each is his own words on file and each says the committee has neither raised nor spent anything and stays under the $5,000 threshold. Federal Election Commission
Campaign money from other committees, by type
Bishop Staten for Congress has filed no report of receipts and disbursements. Its filings with the Federal Election Commission are three statements of organization and four miscellaneous submissions, each of the four stating that the committee has neither raised nor spent anything, and the commission carries no cycle totals for it, so there is nothing to group by type. Federal Election Commission