Election Results Update: Nov. 4, 2026
Updated early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. Virginia figures are unofficial from the Virginia Department of Elections unless noted. Call status is from the Associated Press and other named sources.
Here’s where the Nov. 3 midterms stand for Virginia, the Fredericksburg region, and control of Congress.
Virginia Statewide
Democratic Sen. Mark R. Warner won a fourth term, defeating Republican Bert Mizusawa 60.95% to 38.79% (about 2.18 million to 1.38 million votes), according to the Virginia Department of Elections. The Associated Press and Virginia Mercury reported the seat held for Democrats.
Voters approved all three statewide constitutional amendments, with all 133 localities reporting in the state’s unofficial tally:
Question 1 (reproductive freedom): Yes 62.29% — No 37.71%
Question 2 (remove the same-sex marriage ban / equal treatment of marriages): Yes 57.29% — No 42.71%
Question 3 (restore voting rights for people with felony convictions upon release): Yes 56.37% — No 43.63%
NBC News and Virginia Mercury also reported the three measures as passed.
Virginia’s U.S. House
1st District (covers parts of the Richmond suburbs, Williamsburg area, Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck): Democrat Shannon L. Taylor defeated longtime Republican incumbent Robert J. “Rob” Wittman 50.48% to 49.28% (213,608 to 208,515), flipping a seat Republicans had held for decades, per the Virginia Department of Elections. The Henrico Citizen reported that the Associated Press called the race for Taylor.
7th District (includes Stafford, Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg and nearby counties): Democratic incumbent Eugene S. Vindman won a second term over Republican Doug A. Ollivant, 59.70% to 37.75% (191,361 to 121,013), with several independents and a Libertarian also on the ballot, according to the Virginia Department of Elections. Potomac Local and Virginia Mercury reported the hold; independent tallies treated the race as called for Vindman on election night.
Other Virginia House seats (snapshot): AP and Virginia Mercury reported Democrat Elaine Luria defeating Republican incumbent Jen Kiggans in the 2nd District. Unofficial state totals also show holds for Democrats Bobby Scott (3rd), Jennifer McClellan (4th), Don Beyer (8th), Suhas Subramanyam (10th) and James Walkinshaw (11th), and for Republicans Ben Cline (6th) and Morgan Griffith (9th). In the 5th District, Republican incumbent John J. McGuire III led Democrat Tom Perriello about 50.29% to 47.91% in the state tally; as of early Wednesday the race was still widely described as not fully settled / too close for a final call, with McGuire declaring victory and Perriello urging remaining ballots to be counted (WTVR).
Around Fredericksburg
City of Fredericksburg: Voters elected Justin Carter to the at-large seat on the Fredericksburg City School Board. Carter, the only name printed on the ballot, received 73.43% (6,331 votes); write-ins, including a campaign by interim board member Stan Jones, took 26.57% (2,291), according to the Free Lance–Star.
Stafford County: Voters narrowly rejected a proposed local sales tax of up to 1% for school construction and major renovations. Unofficial results showed No 33,408 (50.47%) and Yes 32,780 (49.53%) — a margin of about 628 votes — with all 37 precincts reporting, Potomac Local reported, citing the Virginia Department of Elections. Results remain unofficial pending remaining provisional and absentee ballots.
Spotsylvania County: Shellie Bowman defeated Chris Yakabouski for commissioner of the revenue, about 53% to 47% (30,973 to 27,367 with precincts and early/absentee votes in), the Fredericksburg Free Press reported. County voters also approved all four local bond referendums: about $237.2 million for school capital projects, $67.6 million for transportation, $61.9 million for public safety (including a fire training and logistics center), and $33.6 million for solid-waste management, according to the Free Press.
National Picture
The Associated Press projected that Democrats won control of both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate, ending unified Republican control of Congress under President Donald Trump. AP reported Democrats flipped more than two dozen House districts and reached the 218-seat House majority threshold; some individual House races were still being counted early Wednesday, so the final Democratic margin was not yet locked.
In the Senate, AP and other national outlets reported Democratic pickups in Maine, Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina, along with Democratic holds in battleground seats such as Georgia and Michigan. As of early Wednesday, two Republican-held Senate races remained uncalled: Mississippi (incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith vs. Democrat Scott Colom, extremely close) and Alaska (incumbent Dan Sullivan vs. Democrat Mary Peltola, with ranked-choice counting still ahead), according to Fox News and state reporting. Those contests do not change AP’s call that Democrats already have a Senate majority.
Virginia’s local electoral boards must certify results by Nov. 13; statewide certification follows. Figures above can still shift slightly as remaining ballots are counted.
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