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Republicans Ben Cline and Morgan Griffith won reelection in Virginia’s 6th and 9th congressional districts, while the 5th District race remained too close to call Tuesday night. The Associated Press called Cline’s race at about 9:15 p.m.; with 21 of 23 localities reporting, the state elections website showed him with 54% of the vote to Beth Macy’s 44%. Griffith’s race against Joy Powers was called earlier, at about 8:30 p.m. The closest contest was between Republican Rep. John McGuire and former Democratic Congressman Tom Perriello, with no winner yet declared. Cline, of Botetourt County, was seeking a fifth term. Macy, a Roanoke-based former journalist and bestselling author, outraised him $2.9 million to $1.9 million as of Oct. 14, but faced a district Cline had won by 28 points in 2024. Democrat Tim Brown will become Montgomery County’s first African American sheriff, defeating Republican candidate and interim Sheriff Robert Page in Tuesday’s midterm election. Brown, 50, was born and raised in Blacksburg and has 26 years of law enforcement experience, including service as a Christiansburg police lieutenant. His priorities include increasing transparency with the community, bringing the sheriff’s office to a nationally recognized standard and supporting the professional development of deputies. Brown holds a criminal justice degree from Radford University and is a graduate of the University of Richmond’s Professional Executive Leadership School and the FBI National Academy. The county’s last Democratic sheriff, Tommy Whitt, retired in 2015 after 12 years in the role. Brown now faces a potentially yearslong accreditation process: national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies could take up to three years, he has said. With 95% of localities reporting Tuesday evening, Virginia voters appeared to be approving all three proposed amendments to the state constitution. Each had support of at least 55%. The reproductive rights amendment was leading, while the measure restoring voting rights to formerly incarcerated people had the narrowest support. The proposals would establish a constitutional right to reproductive health care, including abortion; remove Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage; and automatically restore voting rights after a person leaves prison. They would also change how voting rights can be taken from people found incapacitated. The General Assembly approved the amendments twice, with an intervening election, before sending them to voters. The three measures were advanced largely along party lines by the Democratic majority. Their apparent passage would place reproductive rights, marriage equality and voting restoration in Virginia’s constitution. 🚨 BREAKING: Democratic Sen. Mark Warner has won reelection to the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican retired Army Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa. The Associated Press called the race as polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday. By 7:35 p.m., with half of Virginia’s localities reporting, the state elections website showed Warner with 60.33% of the vote and Mizusawa with 39.39%. Warner, 71, had said this fourth Senate term would be his last. He first won the seat in 2008, after Republican Sen. John Warner — no relation — announced he would retire. Before entering the Senate, Mark Warner served as Virginia’s governor from 2002 to 2006. On the campaign trail, he emphasized the need for regulations and guardrails on artificial intelligence, and proposed a legislative package focused on AI safety. 🗳️ Election night is here, Cardinal Country, and your live Virginia election results headquarters is officially open.

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