Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedOct 10, 2026, 11:27 AM EDT
To election day24 days
Simulations200,000

Virginia — U.S. Senate

Currently held by a Democrat · incumbent running

Democrat
Mark Warner
99%
Republican
Bert Mizusawa
1%
ForecastSafe D
Projected margin
D+20.1
80% range
D+10.0 to D+30.2
Partisan lean
D+7.3
Uncertainty multiplier
1.48×

The 80% range comes from 200,000 simulations in which this race’s error is correlated with every other race through the national, state and demographic layers.

How the estimate is built
Polls 19%Fundamentals 81%
Polling average
D+16.5
Fundamentals
D+21.2
Blended
D+20.3
Similar-race shift
−1.3
Poll–fundamentals gap
4.6 pts
PollingDR matchup
Polls in window
2
Distinct pollsters
1
Most recent
June 16, 2026
Democrat
49.1%
Republican
32.5%
Undecided / other
14.9%
Spread between polls
0.5 pts
Fundamentals
Partisan lean
D+7.3
Elasticity
0.98
Incumbency
+4.2
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+4.0
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
D+22.5
The polls behind this number2 most recent of 2 in the window
PollsterDatesSampleDRMargin
The Public Sentiment InstituteJune 16, 2026996 RV4832D+16
The Public Sentiment InstituteJune 16, 2026— LV5033D+17

Each poll is weighted by recency, the square root of its sample size and its pollster rating, then adjusted for that firm’s house effect, its sampled population and any partisan sponsorship — so the average above is not the mean of this column.

Campaign fundraisingFEC filings to Invalid Date
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Mark Robert WarnerDEM$17.9M$16.1M
Bert K MizusawaREP$419k$90k

Receipts across the cycle, from FEC bulk filings. The model uses the ratio between the two sides rather than either total, and weights it lightly — money follows a competitive race at least as much as it causes one.

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