Virginia US Senate Candidate Leaves Dems for Independent Run
5th April 2026
Mark Moran, who is running for Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat, announced Thursday that he is leaving the Democratic Party and will continue his campaign as an independent.
Moran had been one of four challengers seeking the Democrat nomination to unseat incumbent Sen. Mark Warner.
Moran, 34, a former investment banker, made the announcement in a video posted on X and recorded outside St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, the site of Patrick Henry’s 1775 “Give me liberty or give me death!” speech.
He cited a desire to put “Virginia and America first” above party divisions.
Good luck with that.