Race context
Melvin Tull is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Democratic profile for Virginia, U.S. House, 01. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - Virginia 01.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
Amanda Pohl (Democratic), Andrew Lucchetti (Democratic), Ata-Ul-Salaam Bhatti (Democratic), Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs (Democratic), Ericka Kopp (Democratic), James Michael Shea (Democratic), Jason Knapp (Democratic), Lewis Littlepage (Democratic).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 2 background claims; 20 media claims; 3 finance claims.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-10-06.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 3. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H6VA01208.
Indexed field reading
Melvin Tull is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Democratic profile for Virginia, U.S. House, 01. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.
The cycle year 2026 is stored for Melvin Tull, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.
The race title stored for Melvin Tull is 2026 U.S. House - Virginia 01. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.
The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger for Melvin Tull. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Melvin Tull is H6VA01208.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-05 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
The route record for Melvin Tull reports 26 public claims, 26 valid citations, and 26 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-10-06. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.
Published claim kinds with a count above zero for Melvin Tull: background (2), media (20), finance (3). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Melvin Tull returned 8 other indexed profiles: Amanda Pohl (Democratic), Andrew Lucchetti (Democratic), Ata-Ul-Salaam Bhatti (Democratic), Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs (Democratic), Ericka Kopp (Democratic), James Michael Shea (Democratic), Jason Knapp (Democratic), Lewis Littlepage (Democratic). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Melvin Tull: FEC H6VA01208; Other sec-edgar:_run; FEC Committee C00909614.
Profile questions
What office is Melvin Tull indexed for?
Melvin Tull is indexed for Virginia, U.S. House, 01. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - Virginia 01. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.
What party is on file for Melvin Tull?
The party label on file for Melvin Tull is Democratic.
What is Melvin Tull's candidate status?
Melvin Tull is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Melvin Tull?
FEC candidate id on file: H6VA01208.
How many public claims are attached to Melvin Tull?
The route record reports 26 public claims, 26 valid citations, and 26 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 2, Media 20, Finance 3. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Melvin Tull indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Melvin Tull's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Amanda Pohl (Democratic), Andrew Lucchetti (Democratic), Ata-Ul-Salaam Bhatti (Democratic), Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs (Democratic), Ericka Kopp (Democratic), James Michael Shea (Democratic), Jason Knapp (Democratic), Lewis Littlepage (Democratic). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.