Democrat James Walkinshaw will win US House seat in Virginia special election, narrowing GOP majority
Democrat James Walkinshaw will win a special election in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, bolstering Democratic numbers in the House and cutting down on an already slim Republican majority.
With Tuesday’s results, House Speaker Mike Johnson will now only be able to afford to lose two Republicans on party-line votes as opposed to three.
The election in the 11th Congressional District is being held to fill longtime Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly’s seat. Connolly died from cancer in May.
Walkinshaw, Connolly’s former chief of staff and a Fairfax County supervisor, was heavily favored. Walkinshaw faced Republican Stewart Whitson, a military veteran and former FBI special agent currently working as a lobbyist.
The arrival of those Democrats could mean a timely advantage for House members looking to force a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. The bipartisan discharge petition led by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna needs 218 signatures to move forward, and the congressmen maintain they have 216 votes so far without Walkinshaw and the likely Democratic Arizona member joining the chamber this month.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 10, 2025 12:08 PM
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The spread is close to 50% now (74.9% to 25.1%), continuing the Dems' overperformance: Harris won this district by 34%.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 10, 2025 1:00 AM
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Don't know why GOP even bothered to run a candidate.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 10, 2025 1:29 AM
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How does this affect anything if a Democrat is replacing a Democrat?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 10, 2025 3:55 AM
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Even though it’s a lefty district, it still needs an actual living human to cast votes. Now they have one. The Rs can only afford to lose 2 votes if they want to pass anything.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 10, 2025 4:03 AM
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^ Which will make the attention whore Rs even more insufferable
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 10, 2025 5:42 AM
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Now that he’s won the election, can James lose the hairpiece?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 10, 2025 6:47 AM
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R6, this is an additional vote to release the Epstein files.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 10, 2025 10:51 AM
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Oh man, this is so bad for Joe Biden!
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 10, 2025 11:02 AM
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He's married with a child? My Gaydar is off with this one...
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 10, 2025 12:08 PM
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