Democratic
Beth Macy
Major-party general-election nominee.
VotePredictor forecast
Ben Cline favored
Safe R · predicted margin R+18.0
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
R+24.02026 national environment
D+6.6District polls
noneForecast spread
±7.8 pointsMargin from the district's presidential lean on its 2026 lines, one fitted intercept and the national environment as a uniform swing; the win probability adds a decaying incumbency premium (Republican incumbent running). No district poll is blended in.
Republican
Ben Cline
Incumbent representative for VA-6. Voting record, ideology and biography →
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for VA-6. The forecast above is the model alone: lean, incumbency and the national environment.
Other forecasts
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Candidate news
Ben Cline Earns Backing To Lead Largest Republican Caucus In Congress
By VIRGINIA GRACE MCKINNON, The Daily Signal | September 18, 2026 The Republican Study Committee Executive Committee has endorsed Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., to lead as the next RSC chairman for the 120th Congress, the Daily Signal has learned. “Earlier this week,…
Biztoc.com · September 22, 2026
Ben Cline Earns Backing to Lead Largest Republican Caucus in Congress
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Republican Study Committee Executive Committee has endorsed Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., to lead as the next RSC chairman for the 120th Congress, the Daily Signal has learned. “Earlier this week, the Executive Committee met with Repres…
Daily Signal · September 18, 2026
Jim Acosta spots Trump flags coming down in MAGA country: 'I'm feeling a vibe shift'
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta says he's noticing fewer flags bearing President Donald Trump's name across rural Virginia, which he said signals a "vibe shift."During a Thursday episode of "The Jim Acosta Show," Acosta told Beth Macy, a Democratic congressional…
Raw Story · September 18, 2026
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