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Richmond City, Virginia

2026 election results. Mark Warner (D) got 89% of the U.S. Senate vote in Richmond City. The margin is 10.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Richmond City

U.S. Senate

Mark Warner
88.9%84,375
Bert Mizusawa
11.1%10,502
97% counted

Statewide: Mark Warner wins. Called.

U.S. House: Virginia 4th District

Jennifer McClellan
87.2%82,565
Robert Murray
11.4%10,835
Joan Bell
1.4%1,309
97% counted

Whole district: Jennifer McClellan wins. Called.

The leader in Richmond 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 12, 3:45 PM.

2 local contests in Richmond City

School boards and local measures on Richmond 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.

Schools

Member School Board (District 6)

CandidateVotesShare
Jacqueline T. "Jackie" McDonnough5,47265.0%
Anne B. Holton2,89334.4%
Write-In560.7%

Jacqueline T. "Jackie" McDonnough ahead in Richmond City.

Local measures

Local Sales Tax Option

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes65,14068.3%
No30,20131.7%

Yes ahead with 68.3% in Richmond City.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
VA SenateD +77.9D +67.8D +10.1
VA-04D +76.8D +67.8D +9.0

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 Richmond City has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris81.6%Donald Trump15.7%D +65.9108,667
2020Joe Biden82.9%Donald Trump14.9%D +68.0111,093

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 +2.1.

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.