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Democrat James Walkinshaw wins race for vacant, deep-blue Virginia House seat
James Walkinshaw, endorsed by late Rep. Gerry Connolly, won with nearly 75% of votes, reducing the GOP House majority to six seats and complicating upcoming legislative votes.
- Democrat James Walkinshaw has won the race for a vacant House seat in Virginia, succeeding his predecessor after his death in May.
- With this victory, Democrats now hold 213 seats in the House of Representatives, while Republicans have 219.
- He is a member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and was a chief of staff to Connolly.
- Walkinshaw aims to continue his predecessor's approach as a 'pragmatic progressive'.
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Dem James Walkinshaw takes Virginia special election, narrowing House GOP majority
Democrats easily won back one of their three vacant congressional seats, with James Walkinshaw trouncing his GOP foe, Stewart Whitson, in a northern Virginia special election Tuesday.
Democrat James Walkinshaw will be the newest member of Congress, after winning a special election in the 11th Congressional District of Virginia to replace Gerry Connolly, who took the seat of the U.S. House of Representatives on behalf of Fairfax City and much of Fairfax County since 2009 and died in May. Walkinshaw was Connolly’s chief of staff and serves his second term as the Braddock District Supervisor on the Fairfax County Board of Superv…
Walkinshaw was expected to win the election due to the strong Democratic inclination of the district. Former Vice President Kamala Harris won the district by 34 points last year, though only by a narrow margin in the state.
Democrats gloat after winning special congressional election seat, see it as a trend · American Wire News
A special election rout in a deep blue stronghold was leveraged into a referendum on President Donald Trump’s policies, particularly where government waste was concerned. Despite the widely perceived mandate with which the president was returned to the White House, winning all seven swing states and having control of the House and Senate, Congress remains perched on a razor’s edge throughout 2025. Tuesday’s special election in Virginia narrowed …
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