2025 Virginia's 11th congressional district special election
September 9, 2025
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Walkinshaw: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90%+ | |||||||||||||||||
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A special election to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Virginia's 11th congressional district was held on September 9, 2025. The seat became vacant following the death of Democrat Gerry Connolly on May 21, 2025. The district was considered safely Democratic.
Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw won the Democratic primary with 59% of the vote, defeating Irene Shin and Stella Pekarsky. Stewart Whitson, a former FBI agent, won the GOP primary with 39% of the vote. In the general election, Walkinshaw outraised Whitson by $1 million to $224 thousand.
In the September 9 general election, Walkinshaw defeated Whitson by roughly 50 percentage points, a leftward shift from 2024.