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Salem City, Virginia

2026 election results. Bert Mizusawa (R) got 51% of the U.S. Senate vote in Salem City. The margin is 17.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Salem City

U.S. Senate

Bert Mizusawa
51.1%5,061
Mark Warner
48.9%4,838
97% counted

Statewide: Mark Warner wins. Called.

The leader in Salem 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.

1 local contest in Salem City

City and town races on Salem 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 (Salem City) 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
H. Hunter Holliday III4,43626.9%
Jonathan D. "J.D." Taylor3,61922.0%
Jeffrey K. Hoeflich-Nickels3,43120.8%
Mark W. Henrickson2,85917.4%
A.J. Harpold1,95911.9%
Write-In1701.0%

H. Hunter Holliday III and Jonathan D. "J.D." Taylor ahead in Salem City.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
VA SenateR +2.3R +19.5D +17.2
VA-06R +5.6R +19.5D +13.8

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 Salem City has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris39.6%Donald Trump58.8%R +19.213,199
2020Joe Biden39.5%Donald Trump58.9%R +19.413,041
2016Hillary Clinton34.4%Donald Trump59.1%R +24.712,225
2012Barack Obama38.6%Mitt Romney59.3%R +20.612,318
2008Barack Obama41.6%John McCain57.1%R +15.512,406
2004John Kerry37.0%George W. Bush62.0%R +24.911,484
2000Al Gore40.4%George W. Bush57.5%R +17.110,770

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 +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.