The 2024 United States Senate election in Virginia will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Virginia. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tim Kaine is running for re-election to a third term in office. Kaine was re-elected with 57.0% of the vote in 2018. Primary elections will take place on June 18, 2024.
Background
Virginia is considered to be a moderately blue state at the federal level, with Joe Biden carrying Virginia by about 10 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election. Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats, a majority in its U.S. Representative congressional delegation, and its state senate. However, Republicans flipped the Governorship and the state house in the 2021 elections.
Kaine was first elected in 2012 by 6 points defeating former U.S. Senator George Allen. He also won re-election in 2018 by 16 points.
This race is considered to be clearly favoring Kaine as he is popular amongst Virginian voters and typically over-performs other down-ballot candidates.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
Tim Kaine, incumbent U.S. Senator (2013–present)
Endorsements
Fundraising
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Hung Cao, nonprofit founder, U.S. Navy veteran, and nominee for in 2022
Jonathan Emord, author and constitutional litigator
Eddie Garcia, financial advisor, former congressional aide, and retired U.S. Army officer Gwen Hickman, attorney Kimberly Lowe, farmer and policy analyst Scott Parkinson, Club for Growth vice president of government affairs and former chief of staff to Ron DeSantis Chuck Smith, former chair of the Virginia Beach Republican Party, nominee for in 2010, and candidate for Attorney General of Virginia in 2017 and 2021 Ron Vitiello, former deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement