Mark Warner, who promised he would only serve for two terms, has already spent 18 years in the United States Senate, and now wants another 6 years. For most of them, he has not had to work very hard to keep the job.

That is over. On July 12, the Fairfax County Republican Committee brought all three Republicans running for the U.S. Senate nomination onto one stage — and all three came. Watch it for yourself:

That forum is the proof. Three serious candidates — a retired two-star general, a forensic accountant who spent a career hunting federal fraud, and a Marine who ran CIA stations overseas — are not spending their summer competing for a seat nobody thinks is winnable. They are competing because Republicans across Virginia have decided this seat is worth taking, and because the ground under Mark Warner has shifted.

“Three serious candidates came to Fairfax County and asked our members for their votes face to face. Nobody works that hard for a seat they don’t believe they can win. Mark Warner has coasted for eighteen years because we let him — and that ends this year, but only if our people show up. Early voting is open right now. Don’t wait until August 4.”

— Katie Gorka, Chairman, Fairfax County Republican Committee (pending approval)

Meet the candidates — in their own words

The Committee is not putting a thumb on the scale. Three names are on your ballot, all three earned their place on it, and the choice belongs to you. Go hear them out directly:

• Bert Mizusawa — bertforsenate.com · @GenBert2026
• Kim Farington — kimforvirginia.com · @KimforSenateVA
• David Williams — davidwilliamsforva.com · @WilliamsforVA

They are all pointed at the same target

Watch what these three have been saying this week — not to each other, but about the man they all want to replace.

Mizusawa has been going straight at Warner’s spending record:

“Mark Warner keeps voting for these big left wing spending bills that balloon our national debt and make life more expensive for Virginia families.”

— @GenBert2026, July 15

Farington was in Gloucester one day and Richmond the next, making her case to committee after committee:

“I was excited to share the reasons why I’m the best candidate to beat Mark Warner. Throughout my federal career, I exposed and eliminated waste, fraud and inefficiencies…”

— @KimforSenateVA, July 14

Williams, fresh off a Richmond GOP event, put it plainly:

“Virginians are tired of career politicians… Just like President Trump, I’m running to drain the swamp, not become part of it.”

— @WilliamsforVA, July 15

Three campaigns, three styles, one target. That is what a party on offense looks like. Warner has spent eighteen years never having to answer for the votes these three are putting in front of Virginians every single day.

Now finish it — you can vote this week

Here is what most Fairfax Republicans still don’t know: you do not have to wait for August 4. Early voting opened June 18 and runs through Saturday, August 1. Your neighbors have been voting for a month.

Open right now:

• Fairfax County Government Center — 12000 Government Center Pkwy, Fairfax, 22035 (weekdays, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.)
• Mt. Vernon Governmental Center — 2511 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, 22306 (weekdays, 1–7 p.m.)
• North County Governmental Center — 1801 Cameron Glen Drive, Reston, 20190 (weekdays, 1–7 p.m.)

Thirteen more sites open July 25 — including Burke Centre, Centreville, Franconia, Great Falls, Herndon Fortnightly, Jim Scott Community Center, Lorton, Mason, McLean, Sully, Thomas Jefferson, Tysons-Pimmit, and West Springfield from 1-7 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Weekends: Saturdays July 25 and August 1, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sundays July 19 and July 26, noon–5 p.m.

Bring an acceptable ID, or sign an ID Confirmation Statement at the polls. Locations and hours: fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/early-voting

Watch the forum. Pick your candidate. Then go vote — because August 1 is the last day to do it early, and Mark Warner is counting on a quiet Fairfax August.