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.

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Warner, first elected in 2008, 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 2021 and won Latino and minority voters who trended Republican in 2024.

According to most predictions, Mark Warner is expected to solidly win re-election.

• 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)

• Jason Reynolds, IT professional

• Kim Farington, financial accountant

• Aldous Mina, economic development consultant and independent candidate for this seat in 2020

• Bert Mizusawa, retired United States Army major general, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018, and candidate for VA-02 in 2010

• David Williams, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves colonel

• Alex De Paula, former nonprofit executive

• Chuck Smith, attorney, nominee for Virginia's 3rd congressional district in 2010, and perennial candidate

• Bryce Reeves, state senator from the 28th district (2012–present), candidate for lieutenant governor of Virginia in 2017, and candidate for Virginia's 7th congressional district in 2022

• Jason Miyares, former attorney general of Virginia (2022–2026)

• Glenn Youngkin, former governor of Virginia (2022–2026)

Official campaign websites

• Lorita Daniels (D)
• Alex De Paula (R)
• Gregory Eichelberger (D)
• Kim Farington (R)
• Bert Mizusawa (R)
• Mark Moran (D)
• Chuck Smith (R)
• Mark Warner (D)
• David Williams (R)