2020 United States Senate election in Virginia

The 2020 United States Senate election in Virginia will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Senator Mark Warner first won election in 2008 getting 65% of the vote over former governor Jim Gilmore.[1] In 2014, during the Tea Party movement, and declining voter turnout, Senator Warner won re-election with 49.1% of the vote defeating former chairman of the Republican National Committee Ed Gillespie by 0.8%.[2] Warner is running for a third term.

2020 United States Senate election in Virginia
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Mark Warner Daniel Gade
Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent U.S. senator

Mark Warner
Democratic
Elections in Virginia

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Seven Republicans declared for the race, but only three made the threshold of 3,500 signatures.[6][7] The original signature threshold was 10,000 signatures, but was lowered to 3,500 following a suit by Omari Faulkner.[8] The primary was June 23.

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary
  • Alissa Baldwin, teacher[10]
  • Thomas Speciale, U.S. Army veteran and intelligence officer[11]

Failed to qualify
  • Blaine Dunn, Frederick County supervisor[12]
  • Omari Faulkner, business executive, former U.S. State Department official and U.S. Navy reservist[13][14]
  • Roger Franklin[15]
  • Victor Williams, attorney and activist[16]

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements
Daniel Gade
National Party Officials
U.S. Representatives
State Senators
State Delegates
Individuals
Organizations
  • Combat Veterans for Congress[28]

Results
Results by county:
Republican primary results[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Gade 205,554 67.44%
Republican Alissa Baldwin 55,107 18.08%
Republican Thomas Speciale 44,118 14.48%
Total votes 304,779 100.00%

Independents

Declared

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[32] Safe D July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[33] Safe D July 10, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[34] Safe D August 5, 2020
Daily Kos[35] Safe D July 22, 2020
Politico[36] Likely D July 6, 2020
RCP[37] Likely D August 6, 2020
Niskanen[38] Safe D July 26, 2020
270towin[39] Safe D August 6, 2020

Polling
Hypothetical polling
with Mark Warner and Generic Republican
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Mark
Warner (D)		 Generic
Republican		 Other Undecided
Roanoke College May 3–16, 2020 563 (LV) ± 4.1% 48% 31% – –
with Generic Democrat and Generic Republican
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Generic
Democrat		 Generic
Republican		 Other Undecided
Ipsos/University of Virginia Feb 15–19, 2019 636 ± 4.0% 43% 26% 2% 23%

Endorsements
Mark Warner (D)
Organizations
Daniel Gade (R)
National party officials
U.S. Representatives
State Senators
State Delegates
Individuals
Organizations
  • Combat Veterans for Congress[28]

Results
United States Senate election in Virginia, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Mark Warner (incumbent)
Republican Daniel Gade
Independent Mary Knapp
Independent Aldous Mina
Total votes 100.00%

Notes
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References
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