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Covington City, Virginia

2026 election results. Bert Mizusawa (R) got 54% of the U.S. Senate vote in Covington City. The margin is 24.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 4 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Covington City

U.S. Senate

Bert Mizusawa
54.5%948
Mark Warner
45.5%793
97% counted

Statewide: Mark Warner wins. Called.

The leader in Covington City 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 9, 8:21 AM.

4 local contests in Covington City

City and town races, school boards and local measures on Covington City'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

Member City Council (District 1)

CandidateVotesShare
David B. Goff26197.0%
Write-In83.0%

David B. Goff is unopposed.

Member City Council (District 2)

CandidateVotesShare
Milton E. Helton Jr.14349.0%
Michael L. Green14148.3%
Write-In82.7%

Milton E. Helton Jr. ahead in Covington City.

Schools

Member School Board

CandidateVotesShare
Jonathan M. Arritt1,50897.0%
Write-In463.0%

Jonathan M. Arritt is unopposed.

Local measures

Sales Tax

ChoiceVotesShare
No1,18568.5%
Yes54631.5%

No ahead with 68.5% in Covington City.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
VA SenateR +8.9R +33.5D +24.6
VA-06R +18.3R +33.5D +15.2

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 Covington City has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris33.0%Donald Trump66.2%R +33.22,479
2020Joe Biden37.0%Donald Trump60.7%R +23.72,586
2016Hillary Clinton38.4%Donald Trump56.6%R +18.32,382
2012Barack Obama56.6%Mitt Romney41.8%D +14.82,330
2008Barack Obama55.4%John McCain43.3%D +12.12,354
2004John Kerry51.2%George W. Bush48.0%D +3.32,301
2000Al Gore52.8%George W. Bush43.6%D +9.12,214

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 +42.4.

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.