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Virginia’s 6th District

U.S. House · VA-6

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 23.1 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 61.5%

    Ben Cline, incumbent

  • Democrat 38.4%

    Beth Macy

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat Other
VA-6 61.5%38.4%0.1%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+17.3 54.5%−16.1 1.2%−1.2

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over4.5% (± 0.2)

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

Ben Cline · Republican

Primary results

Held August 4, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Beth Macy 0.0%
Republican primary Ben Cline 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Ben Cline

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Beth Macy

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 28.3 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 23.1 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • VA-5 Republican, toss-up
  • VA-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • VA-10 Democrat, safe seat
  • VA-11 Democrat, safe seat
  • VA-8 Democrat, safe seat
  • VA-9 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated