VA-06 · House · 2026
Republicans are heavily favored to win this seat
96% probability
Candidates
Last verified 2026-09-14.
Beth Macy
Democrat
Beth Macy is an American journalist and non-fiction writer.
Benjamin Lee Cline
Republican
Benjamin Lee Cline is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 6th congressional district since 2019.
Held by a Republican, seeking re-election.
Why we think this
- This district's baseline partisan lean favors Republicans by about 11 points of margin before anything else is considered.
- The seat is currently held by a Republican, who is running for re-election -- incumbents usually run ahead of their party's baseline.
Model details -- coefficients, calibration, and the full technical decomposition.
Model house-2026-panel-v1 · computed 2026-09-16