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2026 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election
Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election, November 3, 2026: incumbent Republican John Rodgers vs Democratic former LG Molly Gray. Gray won the August 11 primary over Charlestin and McLaren, leads polls and fundraising, and a majority vote is required to win.
2026 VFL season
2026 VFL season (Smithy's VFL): 22-team Australian rules state league, March 20 to September 20, 2026. Tasmania and St Kilda joined; Geelong won the minor premiership; Box Hill Hawks beat Geelong 8.14 (62) to 5.9 (39) in the Grand Final at IKON Park.
2026 Vietnamese legislative election
Legislative election held 15 March 2026 for Vietnam's 16th National Assembly (500 seats, 864 candidates); CPV won 482 seats, 18 non-party, turnout 99.7 percent; Tô Lâm later elected president.
2026 Viking FK season
2026 Viking FK season: Stavanger club's defending-champion Eliteserien, Norwegian Cup, and Champions League campaign under Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim; nine-match winning start, 5-3 aggregate playoff win over Dinamo Zagreb, 3-3 draw with Bayern München.
2026 Villanova Wildcats football team
2026 Villanova Wildcats football team: Villanova's FCS squad in its first season as a Patriot League associate member, picked first in the league preseason poll, ranked No. 7 AFCA/No. 8 Stats Perform, opening August 28 vs William & Mary under coach Mark Ferrante.
2026 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 2026 Virginia Cavaliers football team represents the University of Virginia in the 2026 NCAA Division I FBS season, its fifth under head coach Tony Elliott in the ACC.
2026 Virginia elections
2026 Virginia elections: November 3 general for U.S. Senate, 11 House seats, and local offices; primaries moved to August 4 by HB 29; April 21 redistricting referendum approved then voided in McDougle v. Scott.
2026 Virginia Question 1
2026 Virginia Question 1, the Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment, is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on the November 3, 2026 ballot adding Section 11-A, a fundamental right to reproductive freedom, to Virginia's Bill of Rights, with third-trimester regulation allowed but health and viability exceptions required.
2026 Virginia Question 2
2026 Virginia Question 2 was the April 21, 2026 redistricting constitutional amendment referendum letting the General Assembly redraw congressional maps mid-decade; narrowly approved, it was voided 4-3 by the Virginia Supreme Court in Scott v. McDougle.
2026 Virginia redistricting referendum
Virginia's April 21, 2026 redistricting referendum (HJR 4) approved a Democratic 10-1 congressional map, replacing the 6-5 map, but the Virginia Supreme Court voided it May 8, 2026 in Scott v. McDougle on procedural grounds.
2026 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
2026 Virginia Tech Hokies football team: ACC squad in Blacksburg under first-year head coach James Franklin, hired November 2025 after Brent Pry's firing; 4-2 start with wins over VMI, Old Dominion, Maryland, and Boston College, losses to Pitt and Cal.
2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
The 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour is the fifth season of the international beach volleyball circuit run by Volleyball World, with eight Elite and seven Challenge tournaments from March to August 2026.
2026 Vuelta a España
2026 Vuelta a España (La Vuelta 2026), 81st edition, 22 August–13 September, 3,275 km, Monaco ITT start to Granada finish. Won by Enric Mas (Movistar) after Tadej Pogačar crashed out on stage 8; queen stage 20 finished on Collado del Alguacil.
2026 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11
2026 Vuelta a España stages 1–11: Monaco ITT won by Pogačar, cancelled stage 3, Pogačar's Andorra solo and stage 8 crash, Mas in red, Brennan's sprint hat-trick at Lorca.
2026 WAFL season
2026 WAFL season, the West Australian Football League competition. Peel Thunder beat Claremont 16.17 (113) to 7.9 (51) in the September 20, 2026 Grand Final at Optus Stadium; East Fremantle won the WAFLW flag.
2026 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
2026 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team: ACC college football season under second-year coach Jake Dickert, quarterback Gio Lopez, home field Allegacy Stadium, 5-1 record with wins over Purdue, Louisville, Stanford, and NC State.
2026 Walker Cup
2026 Walker Cup, 51st Walker Cup Match, Lahinch Golf Club, County Clare, Ireland, Sept 5-6, 2026. GB&I beat USA 13.5-12.5 with a record comeback, first win since 2015; captains Nathan Smith and Dean Robertson.
2026 Washington Commanders season
2026 Washington Commanders NFL season: third year under Dan Quinn, new coordinators David Blough and Daronte Jones, 1-3-1 through Week 5, Jayden Daniels elbow injury, London loss to Colts, tie with Giants.
2026 Washington Huskies football team
2026 Washington Huskies football team: University of Washington's Big Ten FBS squad, third season under Jedd Fisch, quarterback Demond Williams Jr., No. 17 preseason AP ranking, opened with Boeing Apple Cup win over Washington State.
2026 Washington Initiative IL26-638
Washington Initiative IL26-638 (I-638), the 2026 "defending equity in interscholastic sports" measure, bars biologically male students from girls' K-12 sports and requires provider verification of biological sex; on the November 3, 2026 ballot after legislative inaction.
2026 Washington Nationals season
2026 Washington Nationals season: first year under Paul Toboni and manager Blake Butera; finished 77-85, missed playoffs seventh straight year despite 821 runs scored and a bullpen that blew 42 of 84 saves.
2026 Washington wildfires
The 2026 Washington wildfires were a series of fires that burned over 900,000 acres in Washington State from June 14 into October 2026, the state's third-worst fire season in 20 years.
2026 Weber State Wildcats football team
2026 Weber State Wildcats football team, Weber State University FCS squad in Ogden, Utah, Big Sky Conference. First season under head coach Eric Kjar; 4-3 overall, 3-1 Big Sky through October 10, 2026.
2026 Weltklasse Zürich
2026 Weltklasse Zürich, the Zurich Wanda Diamond League meet of 26–27 August 2026 at Zurich Main Station and Letzigrund Stadium; sold out in record time, with world records by Alison dos Santos (45.80, 400m hurdles) and Masai Russell (12.09, 100m hurdles).
2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, held in two phases April 23 and 29, 2026: BJP won 207 of 294 seats, ending TMC rule under Mamata Banerjee; turnout 93.7% after a contested Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls.
2026 West Florida Argonauts football team
2026 West Florida Argonauts football: UWF's first NCAA Division I FCS season, playing in the United Athletic Conference under head coach Kaleb Nobles, opening with an upset of #16 Southern Illinois.
2026 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
2026 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, WVU Big 12 squad coached by Rich Rodriguez in year two of his second tenure; 3-3 overall, 0-3 in conference after six games, with remaining games vs Cincinnati, at TCU, Texas Tech, Kansas, Houston, and Utah.
2026 Western Michigan Broncos football team
2026 Western Michigan Broncos football team, defending MAC champions under Lance Taylor, quarterback Broc Lowry. Lost 13-12 at Michigan on a disputed second-chance Hail Mary; 4-2, 2-0 MAC through Oct. 10, 2026.
2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting
2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting: April 25, 2026 attempted assassination at the Washington Hilton by Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, who charged a checkpoint; a Secret Service officer was shot but saved by a vest; Trump was evacuated and Allen charged with attempted assassination.
2026 Wigan Warriors season
The 2026 Wigan Warriors season was the rugby league club's campaign in which Wigan won the Challenge Cup for a record 22nd time, beating Hull KR 40-10 at Wembley.