Virginia Democrats gain ground with Election Day voters
(The Center Square) – Virginia Democrats won 55.7% of Election Day votes in this year’s U.S. Senate race, their highest share in the top race on the ballot across six general elections dating to 2021. Nearly half of the Senate votes were cast early, according to a Virginia Public Access Project analysis of preliminary state results. Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner carried the Election Day vote over Republican Bert Mizusawa, who received 43.9%, the project found. Warner’s Election Day share exceeded the 53.8% that Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, received in last year’s governor’s race, according to the same analysis. Warner won a fourth term, according to The Associated Press. He received 61.2% of the statewide vote to Mizusawa’s 38.6% in the preliminary Virginia Department of Elections tally the project analyzed Thursday. Warner’s lead among early voters was about three times as wide as his Election Day lead. The project found he won 67.6% of the combined early in-person and mail vote, compared with 32.2% for Mizusawa. Republicans carried the Election Day vote in the top race in each of the four elections the project examined from 2021 through 2024. Spanberger broke that streak last year. Warner also received a
