RICHMOND—Following months of canvassing and campaigning, the 2026 November General and Special elections concluded Tuesday, November 3. Several new elected officials will take their seats in January.
First District
According to unofficial First District results posted by the Virginia Department of Elections (elections.virginia.gov) on Tuesday night, Democrat Shannon L. Taylor with 202,588 votes, or 50.94%, unseated incumbent Republican Rep. Robert J. “Rob” Wittman, who had 194,122 votes, or 48.91%.
Locality totals showed Taylor won a majority of votes cast in the counties of Chesterfield, 51,747-40,753; Henrico, 55,397-32,891; and James City, 24,108-19,439; as well as the City of Williamsburg, 5,094-1,716.
Wittman won a majority in the counties of Essex, 2,590-2,389; Gloucester, 11,891-6056; Hanover, 29,038-18,389; King & Queen, 2,023-1,307; King William, 5,973-3,045; Lancaster, 3,355-2,835; Mathews, 3,213-1,537; Middlesex, 3,705-2,173; New Kent, 5,561-2,357; Northumberland, 4,222-2,726; Richmond, 2,133-1,175; Westmoreland, 4,762-4,009; and York, 16,444-16,356; as well as the City of Poquoson, 4,413-1,888.
U.S. Senate
Incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Warner won reelection with 1,951,173 votes, or 59.93%. Republican challenger Bert Mizusawa had 1,295,715 votes, or 39.80%.
In Lancaster, Warner beat out Mizusawa, 3,090-3,067. Mizusawa led Warner in Northumberland, 3,819-3,090; Richmond County, 1,896-1,390; and in Westmoreland, 4,404-4,319.
Kilmarnock
In Kilmarnock, five candidates were seeking election to three seats. Cynthia L. Scott was reelected with 333 votes, Paul J. “PJ” Jones was elected with 308 votes and Matthew A. Cunningham was reelected with 274 votes. Sean T. Bowles had 256 votes and M. Cameron “Cammie” Smith had 238 votes.
Unopposed for mayor, Shawn E. Donahue was reelected with 563 votes.
Irvington
In Irvington, four candidates were seeking election to three seats. Vivian S. “Viv” Ralls was elected with 213 votes, R. Wayne Nunnally was reelected with 168 votes and Philip A. Robinson was reelected with 154 votes. Sam C. Van Suan had 129 votes.
Also in Irvington, three candidates were seeking election to an unexpired term. George H. Kuper was elected with 142 votes. Judith M. Penniman had 80 votes and Mary Windsor Cline had 77 votes.
White Stone
In White Stone, three candidates were seeking election to three seats. Randy S. Reeves Jr. received 105 votes; Kara G. Everett, 90 votes; and Thomas Woodrow Wilson III, 74 votes.
Unopposed for mayor, Irving T. Brittingham was elected with 134 votes.
School board
In Northumberland, a special election was held for school board in District 5. Frank C. DiGiovanni was elected with 986 votes. Some 515 write-in votes were cast. Sue Swift actively campaigned as a write-in candidate.
Amendments
All three proposed Constitutional Amendment questions on the ballot were approved by a majority of voters statewide.
Question 1, asked “should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to protect the freedom to make personal decisions about prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, abortion, miscarriage management, and fertility care; protect doctors, nurses, and patients from being punished for these decisions; and allow for restrictions on access to abortion during the third trimester of pregnancy except when the patient’s health is at risk or the pregnancy cannot survive?”
Statewide, Question 1 received 2,055,834 yes votes, 1,280,538 no. In Lancaster, Question 1 received 3,467 yes votes, and 2,701 no. In Northumberland, Question 1 received 3,498 no votes, and 3,384 yes.
Question 2, asked “should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to remove the ban on same-sex marriage; affirm that two adults may marry regardless of sex, gender, or race; and require all legally valid marriages to be treated equally under the law?”
Statewide, Question 2 received 1,901,412 yes votes, 1,458,262 no. In Lancaster, Question 2 received 3,152 yes votes, and 3,012 no. In Northumberland, Question 2 received 3,896 no votes, and 2,999 yes.
Question 3, asked “should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to provide for the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth, to revise the qualifications of voters so that a person convicted of a felony is not entitled to vote during his period of incarceration but is automatically invested with the right to vote upon release from incarceration, and to update the existing prohibition on voting by persons found to be mentally incompetent to instead apply to persons who have been found to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting?”
Statewide, Question 3 received 1,866,356 yes votes, 1,488,314 no. In Lancaster, Question 3 received 3,178 no votes, and 2,953 yes. In Northumberland, Question 3 received 4,086 no votes, and 2,799 yes.
