When Virginia voters head to the polls this November, they will vote on who they want to represent them in the US Senate. The choice is between Democratic incumbent US Sen. Tim Kaine (right) and hard-right Republican challenger Hung Cao (left). Kaine has served in the US Senate since 2013 and was Hillary Clinton’s running mate in her failed bid for the White House in 2016. Kaine served as Virginia’s governor from 2006 to 2010 and its lieutenant governor from 2002 to 2006. Earlier in his life, Kaine was a former civil rights attorney in Richmond where he also served as a city council member and mayor. Cao is a retired Navy captain who came to the US as a refugee from Vietnam in 1975. He served in special operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia. He has never served in elected office. He lost a 2022 bid to represent Northern Virginians in the US House of Representatives in a race for the 10th District to Rep. Jennifer Wexton. ...To learn more about where each candidate stands on ...