Fredericksburg Voters Now Know November Choices For Senate, Congress

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Even though votes continue to be counted in Tuesday's Republican primary in Virginia, the Associated Press has projected winners in the GOP Senate and 7th Congressional District races.

Bert Mizusawa will be the GOP's candidate for U.S. Senate on the Nov. 3 ballot. He defeated challengers David E. Williams and Kim Farington. Mizusawa will face incumbent Senator Mark Warner (D) in November.

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Mizusawa is a decorated retired Army major general who also holds a law degree. He's had a long career that's included senior military leadership roles, legal and federal contracting work, and positions advising the first Trump campaign and the CIA. He has unsuccessfully run for federal office in Virginia before.

In a statement released shortly after Tuesday night's race call, Mizusawa congratulated his fellow Republican candidates, who he said were "never opponents."

"We campaigned hard across Virginia and thanks to you, we now move on to defeat Senator Mark Warner," he said. "Let's unite Virginians for a big win in November."

Preliminary vote tallies are as follows. The tables below will continue updating in real time as the state releases new vote tallies.

U.S. Senate - Republican Primary

In the 7th Congressional District race, the Associated Press declared Douglas Ollivant the winner with 84 percent of the votes counted.

In defeating fellow Republicans Philip Harding and Ricky Smithers, he has earned a spot on the November ballot, facing Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Eugene Vindman.

U.S. House Of Representatives 7th District - Republican Primary

By a slim margin, Virginians voted in April to approve a referendum that allowed 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.

The Associated Press contributed reporting.