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Portsmouth City, Virginia

2026 election results. Mark Warner (D) got 78% of the U.S. Senate vote in Portsmouth City. The margin is 16.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 3 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Portsmouth City

U.S. Senate

Mark Warner
77.6%25,159
Bert Mizusawa
22.4%7,273
97% counted

Statewide: Mark Warner wins. Called.

U.S. House: Virginia 3rd District

Bobby Scott
74.8%24,179
Edwin Rivera
22.0%7,091
Makiba Gaines
1.8%578
Stephen Woll
1.4%457
97% counted

Whole district: Bobby Scott wins. Called.

The leader in Portsmouth 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 11, 8:19 PM.

3 local contests in Portsmouth City

City and town races, school boards and local measures on Portsmouth 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 (Portsmouth City) 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Vernon Lamont Tillage, Jr.19,33126.4%
Lisa L. Lucas-Burke15,56421.2%
Mark M. Whitaker12,92217.6%
William E. "Bill" Moody, Jr.12,90117.6%
Mark A. Hugel12,22216.7%
Write-In3980.5%

Vernon Lamont Tillage, Jr., Lisa L. Lucas-Burke and Mark M. Whitaker ahead in Portsmouth City.

Schools

Member School Board (Portsmouth City) 4 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Cardell C. Patillo, Jr.15,16717.4%
Melvin Cotton Jr.13,55915.6%
Tamara L. Shewmake13,33415.3%
Quniana D. "Q" Futrell12,96614.9%
Denzel E. Glover10,84512.5%
Ingrid P. Whitaker8,90910.2%
Justin V. Randall-Jenkins5,9656.9%
Luis F. Padilla5,6586.5%
Write-In5370.6%

Cardell C. Patillo, Jr., Melvin Cotton Jr., Tamara L. Shewmake and Quniana D. "Q" Futrell ahead in Portsmouth City.

Local measures

Local Retail Sales Tax for the Construction or Major Renovation of Schools

ChoiceVotesShare
No19,92261.1%
Yes12,66238.9%

No ahead with 61.1% in Portsmouth City.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
VA SenateD +55.1D +39.2D +16.0
VA-03D +54.6D +39.2D +15.5

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 Portsmouth City has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris68.4%Donald Trump29.9%D +38.541,329
2020Joe Biden69.4%Donald Trump28.6%D +40.844,567
2016Hillary Clinton65.9%Donald Trump29.6%D +36.343,265
2012Barack Obama70.8%Mitt Romney28.0%D +42.845,922
2008Barack Obama69.3%John McCain30.0%D +39.346,665
2004John Kerry61.0%George W. Bush38.5%D +22.539,534
2000Al Gore62.9%George W. Bush35.6%D +27.235,455

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 D +11.3.

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.