Mark Warner defeats Bert Mizusawa in Virginia Senate race

Democrat Mark Warner has been re-elected to the Virginia Senate, beating first-time candidate Bert Mizusawa. He ran on reclaiming a majority in Congress to be able to take on President Donald Trump. We have to put constraints on this guy. We have to take the House and the Senate, and we map reads right through Virginia. Putting guardrails on AI and limiting data centers, universal health care, affordability. I think this election's about First of all, trying to bring down costs, which in my mind means we've got to end this war of choice with Iran. And fighting for protections for those who entered the country illegally. In the case of Virginia, the people who have been arrested. Even under the Trump numbers, 85% to 90% have committed no other crime other than coming to our country undocumented. Warner won his last election in 2020 by a 12% point margin and was consistently leading in the polls, which led the Democrat to refuse to debate his opponent, Mizusawa. The Republican pitched himself to voters as a battle-tested alternative to Warner. Virginia happens to be the state with the highest per capita amount of defense spending as a recipient. And so I think I would have a strong voice on how our defense dollars are spent. A retired major general and Harvard-trained attorney, the Republican believed his candidacy was an extension of his service. And his background made him strong on issues of national security and public safety. If you have laws and if you do not enforce them, you might as well not have them at all. Mizusawa was also outspent in this race by a landslide. The Republican raised just over a million compared to Warner's 27.5 million. Mark Warner is a very, very wealthy man. I am the... The poor guy in this race, but one of my questions to our Virginia, fellow Virginia constituents is, who do you think can best identify with your interests? The person who doesn't have to worry about money or the person who does? Warner will serve a fourth term in the Senate and previously served as Virginia's governor. If I'm elected to the United States Senate, I will serve no more than two terms. I'm Amy DeLaura for Washington Examiner.