Voters Send Warner, Beyer Back to Congress

Incumbents Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Don Beyer handily won their races Tuesday.

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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Don Beyer, both residents of Alexandria, handily won their re-election bids Tuesday with voters giving them a hefty percentage of the vote.

In remarks Tuesday night after his declared win, Warner called on Congress to pass another COVID-19 relief package and said it's time to heal the cultural divide in the nation. "That means ending attack rhetoric and mean-spiritedness that too often has infected our political discourse," he said, flanked by his wife Lisa Collis and Sen. Tim Kaine and his wife Anne Holton, a GMU professor, in a video posted online by The Hill.

"We've got to stop the name-calling and start the healing," he said.

The Associated Press declared Warner the winner at 7 p.m. Here's a breakdown from the state Department of Elections with 2,563 of 2,585 state precincts reporting.

His opponent, Daniel Gade, is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and college professor.

Virginia Senate race:

  • incumbent Sen. Mark Warner (D): 1,988,935 or 53.68 percent
  • challenger Daniel Gade (R): 1,712,485 or 46.22 percent

How people voted in Alexandria:

  • Warner: 64,031 or 79.47 percent 
  • Gade: 16,440 or 20.40 percent

How they voted in Fairfax County:

  • Warner: 401,005 or 69.93 percent
  • Gade: 171,729 or 29.95 percent

In Virginia's 8th District congressional race, the Associated Press declared Beyer the winner shortly after 8 p.m. 

"Thank you to the residents of Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, and Falls Church, who have elected me to serve another term in Congress," Beyer said on Twitter. "It is the thrill of my life to represent you every day. Now, let’s get back to work."

Here's the vote breakdown:

  • incumbent Rep. Don Beyer (D): 293,295 or 75.57 percent
  • challenger Jeff A. Jordan (R): 93,906 or 24.20 percent

How they voted in Alexandria:

  • Beyer: 62,991 or 78.86 percent
  • Jordan: 16,673 or 20.87 percent

How they voted in Fairfax County:

  • Beyer: 124,148 or 72 percent
  • Jordan: 47,847 or 27.76 percent

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