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2024 United States Senate election in Virginia

The 2024 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia. Democratic incumbent Tim Kaine won re-election to a third term, defeating Republican former U.S. Navy captain Hung Cao by a 8.93% margin. Primary elections took place on June 18, 2024. Although Kaine underperformed polling and won by his lowest margin since 2012, he outperformed Kamala Harris in the concurrent presidential election by 3.15 percent points.

Background
Virginia is considered to be a moderately blue state at the federal level, with Joe Biden carrying Virginia by about 10 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election. Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats, a majority in its U.S. representative congressional delegation, and the minimum majority in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. However, Republicans flipped all three statewide constitutional offices in the 2021 elections. Kaine was first elected in 2012 by 6 points, defeating former U.S. Senator George Allen, and won re-election in 2018 by 16 points. Republicans have not won a U.S. Senate race in Virginia since 2002. This race was considered to be clearly favoring Kaine as he is popular amongst Virginian voters and typically over-performs other down-ballot candidates. ==Democratic primary==
Democratic primary
Candidates NomineeTim Kaine, incumbent U.S. senator (2013–present) Endorsements Fundraising ==Republican primary==
Republican primary
Candidates NomineeHung Cao, former U.S. Navy captain and nominee for in 2022 Eliminated in primary • Jonathan Emord, constitutional lawyer • Eddie Garcia, financial advisor and former congressional aide • Scott Parkinson, former Club for Growth vice president of government affairs and former chief of staff to Ron DeSantis • Chuck Smith, former chair of the Virginia Beach Republican Party, nominee for in 2010, and candidate for attorney general in 2017 and 2021 Endorsements Fundraising Results {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change == General election ==
General election
Predictions } Post-primary endorsements Fundraising Polling Aggregate polls Tim Kaine vs. Glenn Youngkin Debates Results district results district results By county and independent city {{align|right| Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to RepublicanFluvanna (largest city: Lake Monticello) • Lynchburg (independent city) • Waynesboro (independent city) • Nelson (largest community: Nellysford) • Essex (largest town: Tappahannock) • Westmoreland (largest town: Colonial Beach) • Caroline (largest town: Bowling Green) By congressional district Kaine won seven of 11 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican. ==See also==
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