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%

2020 United States Senate election in Virginia results map by county.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
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Mark Warner
Democratic

The 2020 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Mark Warner won reelection to a third term against Republican nominee Daniel Gade.

Of Virginia's 20 most populous counties, Warner won 18, losing only Hanover and Spotsylvania.[1]

Background[]

Incumbent Senator Mark Warner first won election in 2008 getting 65% of the vote over former governor Jim Gilmore.[2] In 2014, during the Tea Party movement, and declining voter turnout, Senator Warner won re-election with 49.1% of the vote defeating former chairman of the Republican National Committee Ed Gillespie by 0.8%.[3]

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

Republican primary[]

Seven Republicans declared that they would compete in the race, but only three made the threshold of 3,500 signatures.[7][8] The original signature threshold was 10,000 signatures, but was lowered to 3,500 following a suit by Omari Faulkner.[9] The primary was on June 23.

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

  • Daniel Gade, college professor and U.S. Army veteran[10]

Eliminated in primary[]

  • Alissa Baldwin, teacher[11]
  • Thomas Speciale, U.S. Army veteran and intelligence officer[12]

Failed to qualify[]

  • Blaine Dunn, Frederick County supervisor[13]
  • Omari Faulkner, Navy reservist and former Georgetown University basketball player[14][9]
  • Roger Franklin[15]
  • Victor Williams, attorney and activist[16]

Withdrawn[]

Declined[]

  • Nick Freitas, state delegate and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 (running for U.S. House)[21]
  • Corey Stewart, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 and former chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors[22][23]

Endorsements[]

Daniel Gade
National Party Officials
  • Morton Blackwell, Virginia representative to the Republican National Committee[24]
U.S. Representatives
  • Randy Forbes, former (VA-04)[25]
  • Elise Stefanik, (NY-21) [25]
  • Scott Rigell, former (Va-02)[24]
State Senators
State Delegates
Individuals
  • Don Bolduc, Brigadier General and 2020 candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire[24]
  • E. W. Jackson, pastor and conservative activist[24]

Results[]

Results by county:
Gade
  •   Gade—>90%
  •   Gade—80–90%
  •   Gade—70–80%
  •   Gade—60–70%
  •   Gade—50–60%
  •   Gade—40–50%
Republican primary results[27]
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%

Independents[]

Withdrawn[]

General election[]

Debates[]

Predictions[]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[31] Safe D October 29, 2020
Inside Elections[32] Safe D October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[33] Safe D November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[34] Safe D October 30, 2020
Politico[35] Safe D November 2, 2020
RCP[36] Likely D October 23, 2020
DDHQ[37] Safe D November 3, 2020
538[38] Safe D November 2, 2020
Economist[39] Safe D November 2, 2020

Endorsements[]

Mark Warner (D)
Labor Unions
  • International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers[40]
Organizations
Individuals
  • John Warner, former Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia[53]
Daniel Gade (R)
National party officials
  • Morton Blackwell, Virginia representative to the Republican National Committee[24]
U.S. Representatives
  • Randy Forbes, former (R- Virginia-04)[25]
  • Elise Stefanik, (R-NY-21)[25]
  • Dan Crenshaw, (R- TX-2)[25]
  • Scott Rigell, former (R-Virginia-02)[24]
State Senators
State Delegates
Individuals
  • Don Bolduc, Brigadier General and 2020 candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire[24]
  • E. W. Jackson, pastor and conservative activist[24]

Polling[]

Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Mark
Warner (D)
Daniel
Gade (R)
Other/
Undecided
Swayable Archived November 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine October 27 – November 1, 2020 283 (LV) ± 8.3% 61% 39%
Data for Progress October 27 – November 1, 2020 690 (LV) ± 3.7% 57% 42% 1%[b]
Roanoke College October 23–29, 2020 802 (LV) ± 3.4% 55% 39% 6%[c]
Christopher Newport University October 15–27, 2020 908 (LV) ± 3.4% 57% 37% 6%[d]
Swayable October 23–26, 2020 332 (LV) ± 7.3% 60% 40%
Virginia Commonwealth University October 13–22, 2020 709 (LV) ± 4.93% 55% 38% 8%[e]
Schar School/Washington Post October 13–19, 2020 908 (LV) ± 4% 57% 39% 4%[f]
Civiqs/Daily Kos October 11–14, 2020 1,231 (LV) ± 3.1% 54% 43% 2%[g]
Reconnect Research/Roanoke College September 30 – October 12, 2020 602 (LV) 55% 38% 7%[h]
Roanoke College/Reconnect Research September 30 – October 12, 2020 602 (LV) ± 5.4% 55% 38% 7%[h]
Cygnal (R)[i] October 9–11, 2020 607 (LV) 51% 44% 5%[j]
Cygnal (R)[i] September 22–25, 2020 600 (LV) 51% 41%
Christopher Newport University September 9–21, 2020 796 (LV) ± 3.9% 52% 39% 9%[k]
Virginia Commonwealth University August 28 – September 7, 2020 692 (LV) ± 6.22% 55% 38% 6[l]
Roanoke College August 9–22, 2020 566 (LV) ± 4.1% 55% 34% 10%[m]
Hypothetical polling
with Mark Warner and Generic Republican
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Mark
Warner (D)
Generic
Republican
Other Undecided
Roanoke College May 3–16, 2020 563 (LV) ± 4.1% 48% 31%
with Generic Democrat and Generic Republican
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Generic
Democrat
Generic
Republican
Other Undecided
Ipsos/University of Virginia Feb 15–19, 2019 636 (A) ± 4.0% 43% 26% 2% 23%

Results[]

United States Senate election in Virginia, 2020[54]
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

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ "Other candidate or write-in" with 1%
  3. ^ "Refused/would not vote" with 2%; Undecided with 4%
  4. ^ "Someone else" with 0%; Undecided with 6%
  5. ^ "Undecided/Refused" with 8%
  6. ^ "Other" and "Neither" with 0%; would not vote with no voters; Undecided with 4%
  7. ^ "Someone else" with 0%; Undecided with 2%
  8. ^ a b Undecided with 7%
  9. ^ a b Poll conducted by Daniel Gade's campaign
  10. ^ Undecided with 5%
  11. ^ "Someone else" with 1%; Undecided with 8%
  12. ^ "Don't know/refused" with 6%
  13. ^ "Refused" with 0%

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External links[]

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