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Bedford County, Virginia

2026 election results. Bert Mizusawa (R) got 71% of the U.S. Senate vote in Bedford County. The margin is 9.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Bedford County is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Bedford County

U.S. Senate

Bert Mizusawa
70.6%28,596
Mark Warner
29.4%11,903
97% counted

Statewide: Mark Warner wins. Called.

U.S. House: Virginia 5th District

John McGuire III
69.5%11,214
Tom Perriello
28.5%4,607
Cooke Harvey
2.0%320
97% counted

Only part of Bedford County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; John McGuire III leads.

U.S. House: Virginia 9th District

Howard Griffith
72.7%17,742
Joy Powers
27.3%6,656
97% counted

Only part of Bedford County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Howard Griffith wins. Called.

The leader in Bedford 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.

2 local contests in Bedford County

County offices and city and town races on Bedford 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.

County offices

Commonwealth's Attorney (Bedford County)

CandidateVotesShare
Christopher M. Dolen32,06797.7%
Write-In7502.3%

Christopher M. Dolen is unopposed.

Cities & towns

Member Town Council (Town of Bedford) 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Ann E. DeLong1,68627.5%
Stacey L. Hailey1,57025.6%
Danny L. Kirby1,46323.9%
Timothy R. Brooke1,29921.2%
Write-In1071.7%

Ann E. DeLong, Stacey L. Hailey and Danny L. Kirby ahead in Bedford County. Bedford's page.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
VA SenateR +41.2R +50.8D +9.6
VA-05 part of the countyR +41.8R +47.0D +5.2
VA-09 part of the countyR +45.4R +53.1D +7.6

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 Bedford County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris24.3%Donald Trump74.4%R +50.151,051
2020Joe Biden25.0%Donald Trump73.1%R +48.148,685
2016Hillary Clinton23.0%Donald Trump72.1%R +49.142,525

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2016, the presidential margin here has moved R +1.0.

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.