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Staunton City, Virginia

2026 election results. Mark Warner (D) got 66% of the U.S. Senate vote in Staunton City. The margin is 17.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 3 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Staunton City

U.S. Senate

Mark Warner
65.6%7,398
Bert Mizusawa
34.4%3,878
97% counted

Statewide: Mark Warner wins. Called.

The leader in Staunton 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 Staunton City

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

CandidateVotesShare
William L. "Billy" Vaughn6,32534.5%
Alice L. Woods6,12533.4%
Brad D. Arrowood5,49830.0%
Write-In3982.2%

William L. "Billy" Vaughn, Alice L. Woods and Brad D. Arrowood are unopposed.

Schools

Member School Board (Staunton City) 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Kristin M. Siegel6,13830.8%
Barbara A. White4,17521.0%
Cecilia H. Carpenter3,87019.4%
Fontella L. Brown-Bundy3,28916.5%
Jordan K. Zipser2,20311.1%
Write-In2251.1%

Kristin M. Siegel, Barbara A. White and Cecilia H. Carpenter ahead in Staunton City.

Local measures

Sales Tax

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes6,38957.2%
No4,77142.8%

Yes ahead with 57.2% in Staunton City.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
VA SenateD +31.2D +13.6D +17.6
VA-06D +28.5D +13.6D +14.9

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 Staunton City has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris55.7%Donald Trump42.4%D +13.313,618
2020Joe Biden53.7%Donald Trump43.8%D +9.912,967
2016Hillary Clinton47.4%Donald Trump45.6%D +1.811,255
2012Barack Obama51.1%Mitt Romney47.0%D +4.111,210
2008Barack Obama50.6%John McCain48.4%D +2.211,015
2004John Kerry39.0%George W. Bush60.3%R +21.39,629
2000Al Gore39.0%George W. Bush57.3%R +18.38,514

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 +31.6.

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.