Democrat Mark Warner wins Virginia Senate seat in first midterm call
Warner, a former Virginia governor, secured a fourth six-year term, and Democrats keep the seat as they push to take Senate control.
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner won reelection in Virginia on Tuesday, defeating Republican Bert Mizusawa in the first Senate race called in the US midterm elections, Turkey's state-run news agency Anadolu Agency reported.
Warner, 71, has served in the Senate since 2008, when he was first elected, and he has now been chosen for a fourth six-year term.
The former Virginia governor is vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Mizusawa, a retired US Army major general, based his campaign on his military and national security background and his links to President Donald Trump.
The result allows Democrats to hold on to a Senate seat while they try to overturn the Republican majority in the midterms held on Tuesday.
Republicans entered the election with 53 seats in the 100-member chamber.
Democrats held 45 seats, and two independents who vote with them made up the rest of their side.
Democrats need a net gain of four seats to win control of the Senate, a shift that would give them a majority.
The midterm elections are held two years into a presidential term and decide the entire House of Representatives along with a third of the Senate.
Control of the Senate determines which party can confirm presidential nominees and move legislation through the upper chamber.
