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Amherst County, Virginia

2026 election results. Bert Mizusawa (R) got 61% of the U.S. Senate vote in Amherst County. The margin is 13.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 4 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Amherst County

U.S. Senate

Bert Mizusawa
61.5%8,609
Mark Warner
38.5%5,391
97% counted

Statewide: Mark Warner wins. Called.

U.S. House: Virginia 5th District

John McGuire III
61.8%8,688
Tom Perriello
35.5%4,994
Cooke Harvey
2.6%368
97% counted

Whole district: not called; John McGuire III leads.

The leader in Amherst County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 11, 8:19 PM.

4 local contests in Amherst County

City and town races and local measures on Amherst County's ballots, from Virginia's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

Cities & towns

Mayor - Amherst (Town of Amherst)

CandidateVotesShare
D. Dwayne Tuggle82194.7%
Write-In465.3%

D. Dwayne Tuggle is unopposed. Amherst's page.

Member Town Council - Amherst (Town of Amherst) 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
S.S. "Sonny" Sundaramurthy60554.4%
Ventris C. Gibson45641.0%
Write-In524.7%

S.S. "Sonny" Sundaramurthy and Ventris C. Gibson are unopposed. Amherst's page.

Member Town Council - Amherst - Special (Town of Amherst)

CandidateVotesShare
Harold O. Thomas Jr.52660.5%
Kenneth G. Bunch32337.1%
Write-In212.4%

Harold O. Thomas Jr. ahead in Amherst County. Amherst's page.

Local measures

Offtrack Pari-Mutuel Wagering

ChoiceVotesShare
No7,10750.7%
Yes6,91149.3%

No ahead with 50.7% in Amherst County.

Virginia's official results, file posted Nov 13, 5:56 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
VA SenateR +23.0R +36.8D +13.8
VA-05R +27.0R +36.7D +9.8

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Amherst County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris31.3%Donald Trump67.7%R +36.417,348
2020Joe Biden33.4%Donald Trump64.9%R +31.517,019
2016Hillary Clinton32.8%Donald Trump63.1%R +30.315,396
2012Barack Obama39.4%Mitt Romney59.3%R +19.914,970
2008Barack Obama41.5%John McCain57.6%R +16.214,700
2004John Kerry38.3%George W. Bush61.1%R +22.812,695
2000Al Gore41.1%George W. Bush56.9%R +15.811,712

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +20.6.

Other counties and cities in Virginia

Virginia results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Virginia certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Virginia's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.