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2020 United States Senate election in Virginia

← 2014 November 3, 2020 2026 →
  Mark Warner 113th Congress photo (cropped).jpg Daniel Gade (cropped).jpg
Nominee Mark Warner Daniel Gade
Party Democrat Republican
Popular vote 2,466,500 1,934,199
Percentage 56.0% 43.9%

Virginia Senate Election Results by County, 2020.svg
County and independent city results
Warner:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Gade:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Senator before election

Mark Warner
Democrat

Elected U.S. Senator

Mark Warner
Democrat

An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Virginia. The two candidates were Senator Mark Warner (Democratic Party) and Lieutenant colonel Daniel Gade (Republican Party). Mark Warner won the election and a third term in the Senate.

There was a primary election for the Republican Party. There was three people in the Republican primary and Daniel Gade won. There was no Democratic Party primary because no one ran against Mark Warner.

Democratic Party primary

Nobody in the Democratic Party went against Mark Warner in the primary, so no election happened.

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Gade 208,754 67.40%
Republican Alissa Baldwin 56,165 18.13%
Republican Thomas Speciale 44,795 14.46%
Total votes 309,714 100.0%

Results

United States Senate election in Virginia, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mark Warner (incumbent) 2,466,500 55.99% +6.84%
Republican Daniel Gade 1,934,199 43.91% -4.43%
Write-in 4,388 0.10% +0.02%
Total votes 4,405,087 100.00% N/A
Democrat hold

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Elección al Senado de los Estados Unidos en Virginia de 2020 para niños

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