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2024 United States Senate election in Virginia

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2024 United States Senate election in Virginia
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Nominee Tim Kaine Hung Cao
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,417,129 2,019,921
Percentage 54.50% 45.50%
U.S. senator before election

Tim Kaine
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Tim Kaine
Democratic

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The 2024 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia. Democratic incumbent Tim Kaine sought a third term. He was being challenged by Republican former U.S. Navy captain Hung Cao. Primary elections took place on June 18, 2024.[1] The election saw Kaine re-elected.[2][3]

Background

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Virginia is considered to be a moderately blue state at the federal level, with Joe Biden carrying Virginia by about 10 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election. Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats, a majority in its U.S. representative congressional delegation, and the minimum majority in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. However, Republicans flipped all three statewide constitutional offices in the 2021 elections.[4][5][6]

Kaine was first elected in 2012 by 6 points, defeating former U.S. Senator George Allen, and won re-election in 2018 by 16 points.[7][8]

This race was considered to be clearly favoring Kaine as he is popular amongst Virginian voters and typically over-performs other down-ballot candidates.[9]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Endorsements

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Tim Kaine
U.S representatives
Individuals
Organizations
Labor unions

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of May 29, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Tim Kaine (D) $14,583,509 $8,488,125 $8,615,046
Source: Federal Election Commission[25]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Endorsements

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Hung Cao
U.S. Presidents
Individuals
Jonathan Emord
U.S. representatives
Scott Parkinson
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Individuals
Organizations
Chuck Smith
State legislators

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of May 29, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Hung Cao (R) $2,508,562 $2,398,405 $202,637
Jonathan Emord (R) $932,828[a] $897,923 $34,905
Eddie Garcia (R) $340,558 $315,309 $25,249
Scott Parkinson (R) $930,240 $601,089 $329,151
Chuck Smith (R) $556,762 $536,262 $20,499
Source: Federal Election Commission[25]

Results

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Results by county and independent city:
  Cao
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Garcia
  •   30–40%
Republican primary results[40]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Hung Cao 168,868 61.79%
Republican Scott Parkinson 29,940 10.95%
Republican Eddie Garcia 26,777 9.80%
Republican Chuck Smith 24,108 8.82%
Republican Jonathan Emord 23,614 8.64%
Total votes 273,307 100.00%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[41] Solid D November 9, 2023
Elections Daily[42] Solid D August 9, 2024
Inside Elections[43] Solid D November 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[44] Safe D November 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[45] Likely D August 26, 2024
CNalysis[46] Solid D November 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics[47] Likely D August 5, 2024
Split Ticket[48] Likely D October 23, 2024
538[49] Likely D November 2, 2024

Post-primary endorsements

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Tim Kaine (D)
U.S. representatives
Organizations
Newspapers

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Tim Kaine (D) $15,990,927 $10,698,945 $7,811,645
Hung Cao (R) $3,051,361 $2,729,334 $414,508
Source: Federal Election Commission[25]

Polling

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Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		Tim
Kaine (D) 		Hung
Cao (R) 		Undecided
[b] 		Margin
FiveThirtyEight through November 4, 2024 November 4, 2024 51.9% 41.2% 6.9% Kaine +10.7%
RealClearPolitics October 19 – November 4, 2024 November 4, 2024 52.0% 41.2% 6.8% Kaine +10.8%
270toWin October 26 – November 4, 2024 November 4, 2024 51.2% 41.8% 7.0% Kaine +9.4%
TheHill/DDHQ through November 4, 2024 November 4, 2024 52.2% 42.4% 6.4% Kaine +9.8%
Average 51.8% 41.6% 6.6% Kaine +10.2%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Tim
Kaine (D) 		Hung
Cao (R) 		Other Undecided
AtlasIntel November 1–4, 2024 2,202 (LV) ± 2.0% 53% 44% 1%[d] 2%
Research Co. November 2–3, 2024 450 (LV) ± 4.6% 53% 41% – 6%
Chism Strategies October 28–30, 2024 520 (LV) ± 4.3% 46% 45% – 9%
Cygnal (R) October 27–29, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 52% 42% – 7%
Roanoke College October 25–29, 2024 851 (LV) ± 4.6% 51% 40% 3%[e] 6%
ActiVote October 2–28, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 55% 45% – –
The Washington Post/
George Mason University 		October 19–23, 2024 1,004 (LV) ± 3.5% 54% 41% 1%[f] 4%
1,004 (RV) ± 3.5% 54% 40% 1%[f] 5%
ActiVote September 9 – October 14, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 56% 44% – –
Christopher Newport University September 28 – October 4, 2024 800 (LV) ± 4.4% 55% 35% 5%[g] 5%
Emerson College[A] September 22–24, 2024 860 (LV) ± 3.3% 51% 41% 2% 6%
Research America[B] September 3–9, 2024 1,000 (A) ± 3.0% 45% 38% 8%[h] 9%
756 (LV) ± 3.5% 49% 43% 2% 6%
The Washington Post/
George Mason University 		September 4–8, 2024 1,005 (RV) ± 3.5% 53% 41% 1%[f] 5%
1,005 (LV) ± 3.5% 53% 41% – 5%
ActiVote July 24 – September 1, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 55% 45% – –
Roanoke College August 12–16, 2024 691 (LV) ± 4.5% 49% 38% 10%[i] 3%
Emerson College[C] July 14–15, 2024 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 49% 39% 4%[j] 8%
Mainstreet Research/FAU July 14–15, 2024 301 (A) ± 3.2% 42% 33% 5%[k] 20%
265 (LV) ± 3.2% 44% 34% 4%[l] 19%
July 12–13, 2024 617 (A) ± 3.2% 45% 32% 7%[m] 15%
544 (LV) ± 3.2% 47% 34% 6%[n] 13%
NYT/Siena College July 9–12, 2024 661 (RV) ± 4.2% 52% 34% – 14%
661 (LV) ± 4.4% 52% 36% – 12%
Virginia Commonwealth University June 24 – July 3, 2024 809 (A) ± 4.8% 49% 38% 14%[o] –
Fabrizio Ward (R)/
Impact Research (D)[D] 		April 26–28, 2024 500 (RV) ± 4.4% 48% 36% 1% 16%
Hypothetical polling
Tim Kaine vs. Glenn Youngkin
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[c] 		Margin
of error 		Tim
Kaine (D) 		Glenn
Youngkin (R) 		Other Undecided
Virginia Commonwealth University July 14–25, 2023 804 (A) ± 5.46% 47% 42% 3%[p] 7%
University of Mary Washington September 6–12, 2022 1,000 (A) ± 3.1% 41% 39% 10%[q] 10%

Debates

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2024 Virginia U.S. Senate election debate
No. Date Host Moderators Link Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Kaine Cao
1 Oct. 2, 2024 NSU Tom Schaad & Deanna Allbrittin[54] YouTube P P

Results

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United States Senate election in Virginia, 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tim Kaine (incumbent) 2,343,540 54.32% −2.68%
Republican Hung Cao 1,971,005 45.68% +4.68%
Total votes 4,314,545 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ $528,167 of this total was self-funded by Emord
  2. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  3. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. ^ "Blank/Null/Won't vote" with 1%
  5. ^ "Refused" with 2%; "Some other candidate" with 1%
  6. ^ a b c "Would not vote" with 1%
  7. ^ "Refused" with 3%; "Someone else" with 2%
  8. ^ "None/Wouldn't Vote" with 5%
  9. ^ "Someone else" with 10%
  10. ^ "Someone else" with 4%
  11. ^ "Another party" with 5%
  12. ^ "Another party" with 4%
  13. ^ "Another party" with 7%
  14. ^ "Another party" with 6%
  15. ^ "Wouldn't vote" with 8%; "Someone else" with 6%
  16. ^ None/Would not vote with 2%, other with 1%
  17. ^ None/Would not vote with 5%, other with 5%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by The Hill and Nexstar
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by University of Mary Washington
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by The Hill
  4. ^ Poll sponsored by Virginians Against Neighborhood Slot Machines

References

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