2026 United States Senate election in Virginia
The 2026 United States Senate election in Virginia will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia. The election will be held concurrently with the 2026 United States elections to the House of Representatives, the United States Senate, and other various state and local elections. Primary elections will be held on August 4, 2026. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Warner is running for re-election after serving three terms in office.
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2026 United States Senate election in Virginia
The 2026 United States Senate election in Virginia will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia. The election will be held concurrently with the 2026 United States elections to the House of Representatives, the United States Senate, and other various state and local elections. Primary elections will be held on August 4, 2026. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Warner is running for re-election after serving three terms in office.
Background
2026 United States Senate election in Virginia
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Warner, first elected in (/wiki/2008UnitedStatesSenateelectioninVirginia), will run for re-election. In the 2020 U.S. Senate election, Warner won by 12.08% which outran Joe Biden's 10.11% margin in the concurrent presidential election in the state. Virginia is considered to be a moderately blue state at both the federal and statewide level, consistently voting Democratic for president from the 2008 presidential election to the 2024 presidential election. In the 2024 presidential election, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris won the state by 5.78% which was a decrease from Biden's 10.11% win in 2020.
Both political parties have seen success in the state. In the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election, Republicans somewhat unexpectedly won the governorship when Glenn Youngkin won the election while they flipped the House of Delegates. In the 2023 Virginia elections, Democrats regained control of the House of Delegates and maintained control in the Virginia Senate.
In the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election, former Democratic U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears by 15.36%. Spanberger won suburban and independent voters by large margins when they backed Youngkin in (/wiki/2021Virginiagubernatorialelection) and won Latino and minority voters who trended Republican in (/wiki/2024UnitedStatespresidentialelection).
According to most predictions, Mark Warner is expected to solidly win re-election.
Democratic primary
Declared
• Lorita Daniels, Spotsylvania County school board member • Gregory Eichelberger, Army Adjutant General Corps Reserve 2nd Lieutenant • Mark Moran, former investment banker and reality TV star • Mark Warner, incumbent U.S. senator (2009–present)
Fundraising
<table><thead><tr><th>Campaign finance reports as of January 15, 2026</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Candidate</td><td>Raised</td><td>Spent</td><td>Cash on hand</td></tr><tr><td>Gregory Eichelberger (D)</td><td>$5,698</td><td>$5,698</td><td>$0</td></tr><tr><td>Mark Warner (D)</td><td>$19,412,859</td><td>$6,435,682</td><td>$13,365,586</td></tr><tr><td>Source: Federal Election Commission</td></tr></tbody></table>
Republican primary
Declared
• Kim Farington, financial accountant • Aldous Mina, economic development consultant and independent candidate for this seat in (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesSenateelectioninVirginia) • Bert Mizusawa, retired United States Army major general, candidate for U.S. Senate in (/wiki/2018UnitedStatesSenateelectioninVirginia), and candidate for VA-02 in (/wiki/2010UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinVirginia) • David Williams, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves colonel
Filed paperwork
• Alex De Paula, former nonprofit executive • Chuck Smith, attorney, nominee for Virginia's 3rd congressional district in (/wiki/2010UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinVirginia#District3), and perennial candidate
Withdrawn
• Bryce Reeves, state senator from the 28th district (2012–present), candidate for lieutenant governor of Virginia in (/wiki/2017Virginialieutenantgubernatorialelection), and candidate for Virginia's 7th congressional district in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinVirginia#District7)
Declined
• Jason Miyares, former attorney general of Virginia (2022–2026) • Glenn Youngkin, former governor of Virginia (2022–2026)
Fundraising
<table><thead><tr><th>Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Candidate</td><td>Raised</td><td>Spent</td><td>Cash on hand</td></tr><tr><td>Kim Farington (R)</td><td>$87,827</td><td>$76,362</td><td>$11,464</td></tr><tr><td>Bryce Reeves (R)</td><td>$99,236</td><td>$79,152</td><td>$20,083</td></tr><tr><td>David Williams (R)</td><td>$33,250</td><td>$20,089</td><td>$12,161</td></tr><tr><td>Source: Federal Election Commission</td></tr></tbody></table>
General election
Predictions
<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 27, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid D</td><td>March 27, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe D</td><td>March 27, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Race To The WH</td><td>Safe D</td><td>March 27, 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>