Democratic
Don Beyer
Incumbent representative for VA-8. Voting record, ideology and biography →
VotePredictor forecast
Don Beyer favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+50.5
100%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+51.52026 national environment
D+5.5Model uncertainty
±6.9 pointsFundamentals model using district presidential lean, incumbency and the national environment. It is not a poll average.
Republican
Tony Sabio
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for VA-8. The forecast above therefore uses fundamentals only. A poll table will appear here when matched polls are available.
Other forecasts
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