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Virginia's 8th District

Don Beyer (D)vsTony Sabio (R)

incumbent running · Lean: D+26 · Incumbent: Don Beyer (D)

99 in 100

Don Beyer favored>99%

All but certain for Don Beyer: a 100 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:D+26
  • Incumbent:Don Beyer (D)
  • District:8 of 11 in Virginia
  • Odds:Beyer >99%
  • Margin:Beyer +59.9, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Beyer +59.9

The model's best guess at the final margin, give or take 6.2 points. Polls have missed by more than that before.

Projected margin
Beyer +59.9
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Beyer +52.0 to Beyer +67.8 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Beyer +59.9 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Beyer ahead is positive, Sabio ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

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▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (D+26, worth 45.2 points to the Democrat), the incumbent (Don Beyer, running again, worth 4.8 points), and the national environment (generic ballot D+8.2, which the model reads as a 9.9 point Democratic tilt after discounting it). Together they give a projected margin of Beyer +59.9 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Don Beyer (D), running for another term.
On the ballot
Don Beyer (D, incumbent) vs Tony Sabio (R)
Last time
2024: Democrat 71.7, Republican 24.7. Beyer by 47.0.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 46.0, Harris 51.8. Harris by 5.8.
Lean
D+26 by the Cook partisan index

Facts from Ballotpedia and Wikipedia, in our words. The district on Ballotpedia ↗

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