2020 United States Senate election in Virginia

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2020 United States Senate election in Virginia

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Nominee Mark Warner Daniel Gade
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,466,500 1,934,199
Percentage 56.0% 43.9%

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
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Mark Warner
Democratic

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 were three people in the Republican primary and Daniel Gade won. There was no Democratic Party primary because no one ran against Mark Warner.[1]

Democratic Party primary[change | change source]

Nobody in the Democratic Party went against Mark Warner in the primary, so no election happened.[2]

Republican Party primary[change | change source]

Republican primary results[3]
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[change | change source]

United States Senate election in Virginia, 2020[4]
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
Democratic hold

References[change | change source]

  1. "Virginia 2020 June Republican Primary". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. Virginia Department of Elections (November 2019). "June and November, 2020 United States Senate Candidate Bulletin" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-01. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  3. "Virginia 2020 June Republican Primary". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. "2020 November General Official Results". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on February 3, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2020.