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Fairfax City, Virginia

2026 election results. Mark Warner (D) got 75% of the U.S. Senate vote in Fairfax City. The margin is 16.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 4 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Fairfax City

U.S. Senate

Mark Warner
75.1%8,389
Bert Mizusawa
24.9%2,775
97% counted

Statewide: Mark Warner wins. Called.

U.S. House: Virginia 11th District

James Walkinshaw
73.0%8,111
Arthur Purves
25.0%2,781
Dianne Blais
2.0%217
97% counted

Whole district: James Walkinshaw wins. Called.

The leader in Fairfax 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 Fairfax City

City and town races, school boards and local measures on Fairfax 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

Mayor (Fairfax City)

CandidateVotesShare
Kirsten Sides Lockhart6,08055.2%
Thomas D. "Tom" Peterson4,86644.2%
Write-In620.6%

Kirsten Sides Lockhart ahead in Fairfax City.

Member City Council (Fairfax City) 6 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Anthony T. Amos6,50813.2%
Kelly M. O'Brien6,06212.3%
Sandi W. Slappey Brown5,66411.5%
María José Padmore5,50611.2%
Stacy R. Hall5,34310.9%
Rachel M McQuillen4,8419.8%
Steve S Chang4,1118.4%
Susan Hartley Kuiler3,8557.8%
Jessica L. Lough3,8117.7%
Russell A. Jones1,7533.6%
Stephen S. Kim1,4442.9%
Write-In3180.6%

Anthony T. Amos, Kelly M. O'Brien, Sandi W. Slappey Brown, María José Padmore, Stacy R. Hall and Rachel M McQuillen ahead in Fairfax City.

Schools

Member School Board (Fairfax City) 5 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Carolyn S. Pitches5,45121.3%
Sarah M. Kelsey5,12920.0%
Kristina M. Cecere5,02619.6%
Amit Sarah Hickman4,88019.0%
Lauren A. Bartelme4,76618.6%
Write-In3671.4%

Carolyn S. Pitches, Sarah M. Kelsey, Kristina M. Cecere, Amit Sarah Hickman and Lauren A. Bartelme are unopposed.

Local measures

Retail Sales Tax

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes6,24455.9%
No4,92244.1%

Yes ahead with 55.9% in Fairfax City.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
VA SenateD +50.3D +34.3D +16.0
VA-11D +48.9D +34.3D +14.6

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 Fairfax City has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris64.8%Donald Trump31.7%D +33.113,559
2020Joe Biden68.0%Donald Trump29.7%D +38.313,462

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2020, the presidential margin here has moved R +5.2.

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.