State of the Race at 11 P.M.

Our James Monroe High School student volunteers put up the latest numbers above. Below, a video with Eve Wenger, the fourth James Monroe High School student helping us this evening!

The State of the Race

As of press time, the race between Democrat Eugene Vindman and Republican Derrick Anderson was too close to call. Just before 10 p.m., an Anderson spokesperson addressed the room where the watch party was being held and announced there were about 65,000 outstanding early votes to come in. Those votes were Stafford, Culpeper, and Greene, which went heavily for Anderson.

The speaker invited the people to stay, but said they were going to wait it out until all the early votes had been counted.

In Fredericksburg where Vindman was holding his watch party, Advance correspondent Hank Silverberg reported an upbeat room, but no word from party officials about the final outcome of the election.

The Advance will have a breakdown of all today’s elections, including the hotly contested 7th District, in tomorrow afternoon’s edition.

Current State of Virginia Senate Race

Cao (R): 47.6%

Kaine (D): 52.4%

Current State of CD 7

Anderson (R): 48.8%

Vindman (D): 51.3%

48,758 early votes are still to be counted.

Other Virginia House Races We Are Watching

CD 2

Kiggans (R): 53.5%

Smasal (D): 43.8%

CD 5

McGuire (R): 57.4%

Witt (D): 42.6%

Current State of the U.S. House

The Republicans currently hold the House with 220 seats to the Democrats’ 212. There are 3 vacant seats.

The Advance is watching the following battleground races, which will determine who controls the House in the 119th Congress.

NC 1 — D +4.9
OH 13 — D +8.2
CO 8 — D +2
AK Open —
WA 3 —
ME 2 — R +3.1
NE 2 —
NY 19 — D +7.4
CA 22 —
CA 27 —
CA 13 —
CA 41—
CA 45 —
PA 10 — D +6
NY 17— R +14
AZ 1 — D +1.8
OR 5I —
IA 1 — R +5.6
AZ 6 — D +10

Current State of the U.S. Senate

The Democrats currently hold the U.S. Senate with 51 seats (4 of these seats are independents who caucus with the Democrats); the Republicans hold 49. The Advance is watching 10 races that will determine who controls the Senate in 2025.

Nevada —
Arizona — D +6.8
Pennsylvania — McCormick (R) +0.2
Michigan — D +1
Wisconsin — D +2
Ohio — R +5.6
Montana — R +14.5
Texas — R +10
Florida — R +13
Nebraska — I +3.4