MCLEAN, VA — Even though votes continue to be counted in Tuesday's dual primary election in Virginia, the Associated Press has projected the winners in the GOP Senate and the 8th Congressional District races.
With 39 percent of the votes counted, Bert Mizusawa was declared 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
In McLean, Rep. Don Beyer was declared the victor in the 8th Congressional District race, defeating four other Democrats: Mo Seifeldein, Adam M. Dunigan, Michael Christian Duffin, and Lorena Thorne Bruner.
Beyer will go on to face Republican candidate Tony Sabio in the general election.
Located just outside Washington, D.C., the 8th District is overwhelmingly blue. Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger won 80% of the vote there in last year's election.
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.
Preliminary vote tallies are as follows. The tables below will continue updating in real time as the state releases new vote tallies.
Democratic primary
Following his victory, Beyer released the following statement:
"With so much at stake for our community and our country at this moment, I am grateful to Northern Virginians for again making me their Democratic nominee to fight for Virginia's 8th District. I will continue to do all I can to justify that sacred trust. I want to thank my primary opponents for their willingness to run and serve.
"Today Northern Virginians are beset by skyrocketing prices, attacks on many of our neighbors, and major threats to our democratic system. Rather than help Americans concerned about inflation, President Trump's Republican allies are enabling his tariffs, supporting his disastrous war, slashing health care for working people, and turning a blind eye to some of the worst corruption ever seen in this country.
"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."
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.
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