Suhas Subramanyam
Suhas Subramanyam, a Democrat who has represented Virginia's 10th congressional district since 2025 after serving in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly, faces Republican Dave Beckwith, an Air Force veteran, in 2026.
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- Born
- September 26, 1986
- Birthplace
- Houston, Texas
- Education
- Clear Lake High School
Tulane University (bachelor's degree in philosophy, 2008)
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (JD, 2013)
Biography & Campaign Analysis
Background
Suhas Subramanyam was born on September 26, 1986, in Houston, Texas, to physician parents who emigrated from India. He attended Clear Lake High School and graduated summa cum laude from Tulane University in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy.
After working as a legislative aide, including for U.S. Representative Suzanne Kosmas of Florida, he earned a law degree from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 2013. During law school he clerked for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for Senator Dick Durbin.
Subramanyam lives in Ashburn, Virginia, with his wife, Miranda Peña, and their two daughters.
Career
In 2015 Subramanyam was appointed a White House technology policy advisor in the administration of President Barack Obama, where he led a task force on technology policy. He later practiced law and owned a business in the technology sector.
In 2019 he won the Democratic primary for the 87th district of the Virginia House of Delegates with 47.0% of the vote and the general election with 62.0%, becoming the first South Asian American elected to the Virginia General Assembly.
He served in the House of Delegates from 2020 to 2024 and represented the 32nd district in the Virginia Senate from 2024 to 2025, and in 2021 he co-founded the General Assembly's first Asian American and Pacific Islander Caucus.
Endorsed by incumbent Jennifer Wexton as her successor, Subramanyam ran for the 10th district in 2024 and defeated Republican Mike Clancy by 18,893 votes. He was sworn in on January 3, 2025. In the 119th Congress he serves on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the Committee on Ethics and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, where he is ranking member of the Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs.
2026 race
Suhas Subramanyam is seeking re-election in Virginia's 10th congressional district, which covers Fauquier, Loudoun and Rappahannock counties, the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and parts of Fairfax and Prince William counties.
He won the seat in 2024 with 52.1% of the vote and is the Democratic nominee for 2026. His Republican opponent is Dave Beckwith, a U.S. Air Force veteran who ran for the seat in 2022 and won the 2026 Republican primary with 72.6% of the vote.
The two met in a debate hosted by the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce on September 22. Independent educator Ahsen Malik also appears on the ballot for the general election on November 3, 2026.