Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) won reelection Tuesday to a third term, defeating his Trump-endorsed challenger, Republican Hung Cao.
Kaine led Cao 52.7% to 47.3% when the Associated Press called the contest at 11:22 p.m. EST, with about 77% of the ballots counted.
Republicans had sought to tip the once-purple state back into the battleground column in the era of Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), but the Senate contest’s results laid bare that the Old Dominion State is likely to remain out of reach for the GOP in federal elections.
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