- Source: 2018 United States Senate election in Virginia
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.
Democratic primary
= Candidates
=Nominee
Tim Kaine, incumbent U.S. Senator, former governor, and Democratic nominee for vice president in 2016
Republican primary
= Candidates
=Nominee
Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, candidate for lieutenant governor in 2013 and candidate for governor in 2017
Eliminated in primary
Nick Freitas, state delegate
E. W. Jackson, pastor, attorney, veteran, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012 and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2013
Failed to qualify
Minerva Diaz, veteran, businesswoman, and Christian minister
Bert Mizusawa, former Deputy Undersecretary of the Army, retired U.S. Army Major General and candidate for VA-02 in 2010
Ivan Raiklin, veteran and businessman
Declined
Dave Brat, U.S. Representative
Eric Cantor, former Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
Barbara Comstock, U.S. Representative
Ken Cuccinelli, former attorney general and nominee for governor in 2013
Tom Davis, former U.S. Representative
Jim Gilmore, former governor, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 and candidate for president in 2008 and 2016
Jimmie Massie, former state delegate
Pete Snyder, technology entrepreneur and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2013
Scott Taylor, U.S. Representative
Rob Wittman, U.S. Representative
Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, nominee for the U.S. Senate from California in 2010 and candidate for president in 2016
Ed Gillespie, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014, and nominee for governor in 2017
Shak Hill, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014 (running for VA-10)
Laura Ingraham, talk radio host, author, and conservative political commentator (endorsed Corey Stewart)
Bob McDonnell, former governor of Virginia (endorsed Nick Freitas)
John Moore, University of Virginia law professor and former diplomat
Frank Wagner, state senator and candidate for governor in 2017
= Endorsements
== Polling
== Results
=Third party candidates
Matt Waters, director of development at Students For Liberty, received the Libertarian Party nomination on March 10, 2018. On June 28, 2018, he also received the endorsement of the Constitution Party of Virginia.
Winsome Sears, a Republican former state delegate, ran as a write-in candidate.
General election
The election featured a match-up of two Minnesota-born Virginians: Republican Corey Stewart was born in Duluth, Minnesota, and Democrat Tim Kaine was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. All polls leading up to the election showed Kaine defeating Stewart by a wide margin. When polls closed on Election Day, Tim Kaine was immediately declared the winner before the votes were counted based on exit polling alone.
= Predictions
== Debates/Townhalls
== Endorsements
== Polling
== Results
=Kaine won the election by a wide margin.
Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Chesterfield (no municipalities)
Fluvanna (largest city: Lake Monticello)
Lynchburg (independent city)
James City (no municipalities)
Stafford (no municipalities)
Waynesboro (independent city)
Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Buckingham (largest town: Dillwyn)
By congressional district
Kaine won 7 of 11 congressional districts.
See also
United States House of Representatives election in Virginia, 2018
References
External links
Candidates at Vote Smart
Candidates at Ballotpedia
Campaign finance at FEC
Campaign finance at OpenSecrets
Official campaign websites
Tim Kaine (D) for Senate
Corey Stewart (R) for Senate
Matt Waters (L) for Senate
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