# 2022 U.S. House election in Virginia's district 7 — what pundits predicted

House · Election Day 2022-11-08 · certified.

## The ballot

- **Abigail A. Spanberger (Democratic, incumbent) — won** · 52.2%
- Yesli I. Vega (Republican) · 47.6%

Result: Abigail A. Spanberger by 4.7 points (general); held by the Democratic party going in. Source: fec-2022.

## What the field called

- Abigail A. Spanberger: 4 picks (won)
- Yesli I. Vega: 3 picks (lost)

## Every claim about this race (7)

- **Michael Duncan** — Yesli I. Vega wins VA-07 House seat (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 8, 2022) — scored 0 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/9da8dbe2-dd3e-4600-bf1c-a206039819e3)
- **Buck Sexton** — Yesli I. Vega wins VA-07 House seat (2022) — “a very very good chance of winning” (Race Winners, Nov 7, 2022) — scored 0 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/727c2719-cb60-4156-8233-c3b6070b9b10)
- **Rich Baris** — Yesli I. Vega wins VA-07 House seat (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 7, 2022) — scored 0 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/eedfc6a0-bb67-4834-9391-e4018f0ac573)
- **Harrison Lavelle** — Abigail A. Spanberger wins VA-07 House seat (2022) — “LEANS D” (Race Winners, Nov 7, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/a9dfd535-41cd-4e51-94d8-181679fa5277)
- **Harrison Lavelle** — Abigail A. Spanberger wins VA-07 House seat (2022) — “LEANS D” (Race Winners, Nov 4, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ab5b8b9e-5e4b-413d-8616-5864f1419e88)
- **Harrison Lavelle** — Abigail A. Spanberger wins VA-07 House seat (2022) — “LEANS D” (Race Winners, Oct 31, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/97761639-873b-44a9-bb49-6f1534096926)
- **Harrison Lavelle** — Abigail A. Spanberger wins VA-07 House seat (2022) — “Leans Democratic” (Race Winners, Oct 26, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/a6ca4bc4-12d7-48f6-80b7-5dc1dbb91913)