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VA-S1 · MODEL v1.14 · 3 INPUTS MEASURED

Tim Kaine

VA-S1 scores 16.3 on the Democratic incumbent route with 100% of the component weight available: a D+5.8 statewide baseline, tracker alignment, and reported cash on hand. Senate primary feasibility is not measured.

Priority score16.3#3,272 of 5,726Tie of 2

THE MEMBER

Record

Tim Kaine is the Democratic senator in VA Class 1. The retained roster records 13.6 cumulative years of Senate service through the source cutoff; the seat is next contested in 2030.

First Senate service
Jan 3, 2013
Next election
2030
Alignment gap
58.0
Bioguide record
K000384

THE STATE

VA-S1

VA recorded a D+5.8 presidential margin statewide in 2024. The senator reported $2,165,456 cash on hand through 2026-06-30.

2024 presidential margin
D+5.8
Cash on hand
$2,165,456
Receipts / disbursements
$787,828 / $1,421,882
Finance through
Jun 30, 2026
Route
Democratic incumbent route
Baseline score
3.1

SCORE ANATOMY

What makes the score

Blue baseline

3.1

The statewide 2024 presidential result was D+5.8. The baseline is 0 at a 5-point Democratic margin and 100 at 30 points; only 2024 is retained statewide, so no multi-cycle floor applies.

Primary feasibility

Not in this score

No retained Senate primary evidence exists, so the structural baseline is the blue baseline alone. Nothing is imputed.

Incumbent alignment gap

58.0

The 119th Senate sheets of the retained Left and Palestine trackers score this member 0.4135220126 and 0.4269005848. The gap is the mean distance from full alignment, scaled by tracker coverage.

Cash vulnerability

18.2

The FEC candidate summary reports $2,165,456 cash on hand through 2026-06-30. The inverse log scale is 100 at $50,000 or less and 0 at $5 million or more.

SENATE TERM

Recorded service

2025–nowVA-Class 1Current at source cutoff

Formula renormalized(0.65 × structural + 0.20 × alignment gap + 0.15 × cash vulnerability) × (0.6 + 0.4 × 1)

Source cutoff Aug 4, 2026 · How the score is built · Source ledger · Factual seat record