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Virginia · U.S. Senate · 2026

Seat U.S. Senate, Class 2

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U.S. Senate, Class 2 · Incumbent running
DEMNominee
Mark R. Warner incumbent
97%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPNominee
Bert Mizusawa
3%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentMark R. Warner

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
97% Mark R. Warner · DemocratChance to win, between the two named candidates
DEM Mark R. Warner 97%
REP Bert Mizusawa 3%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Warner 48.0% · Mizusawa 32.0% The Public Sentiment Institute · 2026-06-16 · 1 more matchup(s) with the same field end in the table below
Seat lean (Hume PVI) D+3 cycles 2020, 2024
Prior result, this seat DEM 56.0% 2020 general · margin 12.1%

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMWarnerREPMizusawa
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Mark R. Warner$20,222,105.45
Bert Mizusawa$1,141,129.70
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Mark R. Warner$19,557,661.95
Bert Mizusawa$987,431.75
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Mark R. Warner$6,217,677.32
Bert Mizusawa$154,033.84
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Mark R. Warner48.0%The Public Sentiment Institute · 2026-06-16
Bert Mizusawa32.0%The Public Sentiment Institute · 2026-06-16
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Mark R. WarnerD+3seat-level
Bert MizusawaD+3seat-level
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

2 listed · newest first
Newest field end 2026-06-16
Pollster / sponsorField datesSampleWarnerMizusawaOthers
The Public Sentiment Institute2026-06-12 to 2026-06-16RV · n=99648.0%32.0%Mark Moran 4.0%
The Public Sentiment Institute2026-06-12 to 2026-06-16LV50.0%33.0%Mark Moran 3.0%
Polling data CC BY 4.0 (FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub).

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    as of cycle 2024
    D+3
    Lean (D minus R, points)
    +3.426
    Presidential cycles
    2020, 2024
    Computed
    2026-06-08

    Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the state, not the Cook PVI.

    Prior result, this seat

    election returns

    2020 general

    CandidatePartyVotes% of total
    Mark R. WarnerDEM2,466,50056.05%
    Daniel M. GadeREP1,934,19943.95%

    Total votes 4,400,699 · winning margin 12.10% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Polls: FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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