US EditionVirginians to choose late US Rep. Gerry Connolly’s successor in special election
Democrat James Walkinshaw, endorsed by the late Rep. Connolly, campaigns to support federal workers amid job cuts while Republican Stewart Whitson emphasizes fiscal conservatism.
- Two candidates are on the special election ballot to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly: James Walkinshaw, a county supervisor who was Connolly's former chief of staff, and Stewart Whitson, a Republican Army veteran and former FBI official.
- Walkinshaw, who has vowed to advocate for federal workers like Connolly, is favored in the suburban Northern Virginia district outside Washington with a sizable federal workforce where Kamala Harris carried by 34 points last fall.
- Early voting for the special election to fill one of four current House vacancies began in July and closed Saturday, with Walkinshaw holding his final get-out-the-vote rally Sunday joined by a top House Democrat.
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Democrat James Walkinshaw to win Virginia House race, narrowing GOP's edge in Congress
Democrat James Walkinshaw will defeat Republican Stewart Whitson in a Northern Virginia special House election to pick Rep. Gerry Connolly's successor, the Associated Press projects.
Special House Election Set In Blue Northern Virginia
By Jacob Adams, The Daily Signal | September 08, 2025 Democrats are expected to hold a safe blue seat in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington in Tuesday’s special congressional election. The open seat is in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, formerly held by longtime Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who died in May after a battle with esophageal cancer. The Northern Virginia congressional district, one of the wealthiest districts in the c…
The Virginian Pilot
Virginians to choose late US Rep. Gerry Connolly’s successor in special election
Virginia voters on Tuesday are set to choose their congressional candidate to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, filling a vacant seat to represent a deep-blue, Washington-area suburb in a closely divided House. In a special election in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, home to more than 700,000 people, Democrat James Walkinshaw will go up against Republican Stewart Whitson. Republicans only have a razor-thin edge in the House of R…
Trump's agenda, DOGE cuts loom large in Virginia special election to fill vacant House seat
Democratic nominee James Walkinshaw and Republican Stewart Whitson compete in Virginia's 11th District special election, with Trump policies and Epstein files among key issues.
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