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Highland County, Virginia

2026 election results. Bert Mizusawa (R) got 65% of the U.S. Senate vote in Highland County. The margin is 14.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Highland County

U.S. Senate

Bert Mizusawa
65.0%779
Mark Warner
35.0%419
97% counted

Statewide: Mark Warner wins. Called.

The leader in Highland 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 5, 12:40 PM.

2 local contests in Highland County

City and town races on Highland 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 (Monterey)

CandidateVotesShare
Warren E. "Jay" Garber, Jr6791.8%
Write-In68.2%

Warren E. "Jay" Garber, Jr is unopposed.

Member Town Council (Monterey) 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Denise S. Botkin6742.7%
Robert A. "Rob" Weiss5333.8%
Erik J. Sax148.9%
Write-In2314.6%

Denise S. Botkin, Robert A. "Rob" Weiss and Erik J. Sax are unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
VA SenateR +30.1R +44.9D +14.9
VA-06R +36.3R +44.9D +8.7

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 Highland County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.1%Donald Trump71.3%R +44.21,534
2020Joe Biden27.2%Donald Trump71.3%R +44.11,534
2016Hillary Clinton26.7%Donald Trump68.9%R +42.21,391
2012Barack Obama32.5%Mitt Romney65.4%R +32.91,413
2008Barack Obama38.0%John McCain59.8%R +21.91,554
2004John Kerry34.3%George W. Bush64.6%R +30.31,520
2000Al Gore31.5%George W. Bush65.6%R +34.01,437

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 +10.2.

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.