By Caitlyn Meisner | cmeisner@alextimes.com

Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly won the Commonwealth of Virginia’s 13 electoral votes late Tuesday night in the 2024 presidential election, and easily carried the City of Alexandria. However, she lost the overall election to former President Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, who is an Alexandria resident, in the contest to succeed outgoing President Joe Biden.

Vance, a Republican Senator from Ohio since 2022, has lived in Alexandria since he was elected to the Senate. FOX5, in the summer, reported that Vance bought his Del Ray home through an LLC for more than $1.5 million. Now, Vance and his wife, Usha, and their three children, will be moving into the Vice President’s Residence on the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., where Harris currently resides.

With 64% of the city’s registered voters casting their ballots, Harris received 58,433 – or 77.1% – votes in support. Former President and now President-elect Donald Trump received 15,122 votes or 19.94% of the vote share in the city.

While Harris’ vote percentage bests that of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 contest, it lagged behind Biden’s vote share in 2020, while Trump on Tuesday night received his highest vote total and vote share in Alexandria of his three presidential contests.

Voter turnout was lower in this year’s election than in 2020, when 79% of Alexandria’s registered voters cast ballots in the presidential race. In that contest, President Joe Biden received 66,240 votes – or 80% – while Trump garnered 14,544 votes – or 17.5% .

In 2016, voter turnout in the city was even higher, as 83% of registered voters cast ballots. Former Secretary of State and then-Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton received 57,242 votes – or 75% – and Trump received 13,285 votes, or 17%.

While Harris performed well in Alexandria, it was widely expected that she would win the largely Democratic city, and she underperformed in Virginia overall relative to Biden in 2020. Harris won Virginia by 5.2%, half of Biden’s 2020 margin of 10%. Harris did outperform Clinton from 2016 in total votes, as Clinton only received 1.9 million votes, in comparison to Trump’s 1.7 million votes in that election. However, Clinton’s margin of victory in Virginia, 5.7% bested Harris’ margin of 5.2%.

The Democratic nominee performed best in the Cora Kelly precinct, capturing 1,161 votes. In early voting, there were 28,839 in-person votes cast for Harris and 8,855 additional mail-in ballots. Citywide, Trump received 6,749 early in-person votes and 1,347 votes via mail-in ballots as part of his vote total.

U. S. Congressman Don Beyer (D), who lives in Alexandria and has served as the state’s 8th District congressional representative since 2015, secured reelection Tuesday night with 260,652 votes across Arlington County, Alexandria, the City of Falls Church and portions of Fairfax County. Republican Jerry Torres received 89,753 votes.

In Alexandria, Beyer received 74% of the vote share, which is down from his performance in 2020 when he received 77%. Control of the House of Representatives has not yet been determined as of the Times’ publication of this article.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine maintained his seat in Congress, receiving 2.3 million votes across the Commonwealth. Republican challenger Hung Cao received 1.95 million votes. In Alexandria, Kaine received 58,725 votes, or 77% of the vote share, and Cao received 16,193 votes.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to once again represent all Alexandrians and Virginians across the Commonwealth in the U.S. Senate,” Kaine said in a statement to the Times. “The makeup of the Senate and House majorities will have considerable impact on the efficacy of the federal government. But I will do all that I can to lower costs, protect our national security and fight for Virginia.”

While Kaine was one of the Democratic incumbent senators who won reelection, control of the Senate flipped on election night to the Republicans, who have so far gained three seats –in Montana, Ohio and West Virginia – while races in Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania remain too close to call.

Sandra Smith contributed to the reporting of this article.