2026 forecast · Virginia 2nd

Elaine Luria is favored to win Virginia's 2nd District.

Elaine Luria vs Jen Kiggans. The model has Luria ahead by 3.1 points, winning 72 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Lean DModel D +3.1Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Elaine Luria
Democrat
51.5%
173,979 projected votes
Jen Kiggans
Republican
48.5%
163,621 projected votes
72%Luria
28%Kiggans
Luria favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Luria wins about 72 of 100
RatingLean D72% chance for Luria
Model marginD +3.1Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +9.8 to R +3.72,000 simulations
Projected votes337,600Luria 51.5%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Virginia districts

11 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Elaine LuriaDemocrat · 72% to win
51.5%
Jen KiggansRepublican · 28% to win
48.5%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

337,600 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Elaine Luria D173,97951.5%
Jen Kiggans R163,62148.5%
Total337,600100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%72% Luria28% Kiggans14 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +0.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Luria +3.1
Chance of winning
Elaine Luria72%
Jen Kiggans28%
Simulated vote
Elaine Luria51.5%
Jen Kiggans48.5%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +0.0
FundamentalsD +3.0
With pollsD +3.3
Early vote turnoutR +0.2
With early voteD +3.1

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Virginia, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +10R +10Partisan leanthe state's baselineEvenFundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +3.0With pollsaverage R +0.0D +3.3With early voteturnout so farD +3.1
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.