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Virginia’s 10th District

U.S. House · VA-10

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 17.2 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 4%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 58.6%

    Suhas Subramanyam, incumbent

  • Republican 41.4%

    Dave T. Beckwith

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Democrat, with a 88% chance (99% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesDemocrat99%
OrbitDemocrat88%
50/50 blendDemocrat93%

Figures as of November 2, 2026. The blend averages the two chances; in replays of the 2018 and 2022 Quebec elections, it beat our main forecast on its own.

Every race according to Orbit

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
VA-10 58.6%41.4%
National averageUnited States 54.9%+3.7 43.9%−2.4

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over12.3% (± 0.4)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Suhas Subramanyam · Democrat

Primary results

Held August 4, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Suhas Subramanyam 0.0%
Republican primary Dave T. Beckwith 72.6% 13,388 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Suhas Subramanyam

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Malik, Ahsen Mujeeb

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Challenger

    Dave T. Beckwith

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 4.6 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 17.2 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • VA-11 Democrat, safe seat
  • VA-8 Democrat, safe seat
  • VA-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • VA-6 Republican, safe seat
  • VA-1 Republican, toss-up
  • VA-5 Republican, toss-up

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Democrat55%5.7-point gap
  2. VA-1Republican55%5.7-point gap
  3. MI-4Republican56%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated