2018 United States Senate election in Virginia

2018 United States Senate election in Virginia

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Turnout59.14% Decrease
 
Nominee Tim Kaine Corey Stewart
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,910,370 1,374,313
Percentage 57.00% 41.01%

Kaine:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Stewart:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Tim Kaine
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Tim Kaine
Democratic

The 2018 United States Senate election in Virginia took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia, concurrently with other elections to the U.S. Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, who had been his party's unsuccessful nominee for vice president two years earlier, was re-elected to a second term in office, winning this seat by the largest margin since 1988. This was the first election since 1994 that anyone had been re-elected to this seat.

The Republican Party of Virginia central committee voted to select the Republican nominee for Senate by a primary rather than a convention. Corey Stewart, chair of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, won the Republican nomination on June 12, 2018, after defeating Delegate Nick Freitas and Christian minister E. W. Jackson.[1]

  1. ^ Moomaw, Graham. "Divided Virginia GOP committee chooses primary to decide Kaine challenger for 2018 U.S. Senate race". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

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