John Joseph Bell (born January 29, 1963) is an American politician and a retired United States Air Force officer.

Bell served in the United States Air Force from 1981 to 2007, working as a finance officer and retiring as a Major.

[1] In August 2018, Bell announced he would run in 2019 for Virginia State Senate District 13, then represented by Republican Dick Black.

[3] Bell's announcement came with endorsements from 14 elected Democrats in Virginia, including state Attorney General Mark Herring, House of Delegates Minority Leader David Toscano, and state senator Jennifer Wexton, who was subsequently elected to U.S.

[4] Bell declined to run for a second 4-year term in 2023, citing a cancer diagnosis.