With polls closed in Virginia, incumbent Congressman Don Beyer is projected to win his primary in Virginia's eighth district and Bert Mizusawa is expected to win his Republican Senate primary and face incumbent Senator Mark Warner in November.
Beyer defeated a field of challengers in his deep blue district. He will face Republican Tony Sabio in November.
Beyer, who was first elected to Congress in 2014, served two terms as Virginia's lieutenant governor in the 1990s, was his party's nominee for governor in 1997 and later served as President Barack Obama's ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
He campaigned as a tested leader, touting his work to protect federal workers, promote clean energy and regulate artificial intelligence. He had the support of Virginia's Democratic political establishment and Democratic-aligned interest groups, while facing opponents who pitched themselves as anti-establishment, generational change agents.
Beyer was challenged by Mo Seifeldein, Adam Dunigan, Michael Duffin and Lorena Bruner. All but Bruner are former federal workers who were either laid off due to Trump administration budget cuts or who say they resigned in protest at Trump policies.
In the end, Seifeldein put up the most robust challenge to the incumbent.
In a statement, Beyer said, "Republicans do not have the courage to stand up to Trump. To fix this mess, we must win back control of Congress. I am throwing myself into that fight, working to elect Democrats across the country starting right here in Virginia, and doing all we can to restore sanity and decency. We will win this struggle, but it will not be easy. Let's get to work."
Bert Mizusawa is projected to win the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic Senator Mark Warner in November, defeating David Williams and Kim Farrington.
Results for all races are available on the Virginia Department of Elections website.
Preliminary vote tallies are as follows. The tables below will continue updating in real time as the state releases new vote tallies.
Democratic primary
By a slim margin, Virginians voted in April to approve a referendum allowing for a special redistricting process. The referendum was sparked by a partisan redistricting process kicked off by Texas and picked up by other largely Republican states, before some Democratic states joined.
However, after a bitter fight and a narrow victory for Democrats, who largely favored redistricting, the Supreme Court of Virginia voided the referendum results on procedural grounds, leaving the state's districts unchanged.
In Virginia's 10th district, Air Force veteran and longtime civil servant Dave Beckwith is projected to beat Julie Perry and Anthony Suttles. Beckwith will face Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, who has trounced opponents in two elections since emerging from a crowded Democratic Primary in 2019, in November.
The Associated Press contributed to this reporting.
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