Virginia's 11th Congressional District

Virginia's 11th Congressional District

Incumbent

James Walkinshaw

Assumed office: September 10, 2025

Virginia's 11th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by James Walkinshaw (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Virginia representatives represented an average of 786,777 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 730,703 residents.

Elections

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2025
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent James Walkinshaw (D), Stella Pekarsky (D), Amy Roma (D), Nathan Headrick (R), and Michael Van Meter (R) are running in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		James Walkinshaw (D)
		Stella Pekarsky (D)
		Amy Roma (D)
	Submit photo	Nathan Headrick (R)
		Michael Van Meter (R)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gerald Edward Connolly (D)

See also: Virginia's 11th Congressional District special election, 2025

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Virginia District 11

James Walkinshaw (D) defeated Stewart Whitson (R) in the special general election for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on September 9, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Walkinshaw (D)	75.1	113,596
		Stewart Whitson (R)	24.7	37,297
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2%	287

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 151,180
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Josh Aisen (D)
• Candice Bennett (D)
• Isaac Day (D)
• Daniel Lee (D)
• Leo Martinez (D)
• Amy Papanu (D)
• Priya Punnoose (D)
• Amy Roma (D)
• Irene Shin (D)
• Nathan Headrick (R)
• Karina Lipsman (R)
• Lucas Rand (R)
• Chandrashekar Tamirisa (Independent)

See also: Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly (D) defeated Michael Van Meter (R) in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gerald Edward Connolly (D)	66.7	273,529
		Michael Van Meter (R)	32.9	134,802
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5%	1,855

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 410,186
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly (D) defeated Ahsan Nasar (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on June 18, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gerald Edward Connolly	85.6	37,378
		Ahsan Nasar	14.4	6,270

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,648
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Republican primary

The Republican primary scheduled for June 18, 2024, was canceled. Michael Van Meter (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11 without appearing on the ballot.

See also: Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly (D) defeated James Myles (R) in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gerald Edward Connolly (D)	66.7	193,190
		James Myles (R)	33.0	95,634
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3%	828

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 289,652
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Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for June 21, 2022, was canceled. Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11 without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ally Dalsimer (D)
• Dereje Gerawork (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11

• Round 4
• Round 3
• Round 2
• Round 1

The following candidates advanced from the Republican ranked-choice voting primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on May 7, 2022: James Myles in round 4. The results of Round 4 are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds use the tabs above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		James Myles	59.2	959	207	Advanced (4)
		Manga Anantatmula	40.8	661	102	4
		Matthew Chappell	0.0	0	-344	3
		Joe Babb	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	Barbara Banks	0.0	0	0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,668 Total exhausted votes: 48
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The following candidates advanced from the Republican ranked-choice voting primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on May 7, 2022: James Myles in round 4. The results of Round 3 are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds use the tabs above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		James Myles	45.4	752	71	Advanced (4)
		Manga Anantatmula	33.8	559	29	4
		Matthew Chappell	20.8	344	28	3
		Joe Babb	0.0	0	-138	2
	Submit photo	Barbara Banks	0.0	0	0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,668 Exhausted votes through round 3: 13
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The following candidates advanced from the Republican ranked-choice voting primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on May 7, 2022: James Myles in round 4. The results of Round 2 are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds use the tabs above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		James Myles	40.9	681	11	Advanced (4)
		Manga Anantatmula	31.8	530	13	4
		Matthew Chappell	19.0	316	7	3
		Joe Babb	8.3	138	9	2
	Submit photo	Barbara Banks	0.0	0	-43	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,668 Exhausted votes through round 2: 3
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The following candidates advanced from the Republican ranked-choice voting primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on May 7, 2022: James Myles in round 4. The results of Round 1 are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds use the tabs above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		James Myles	40.2	670	0	Advanced (4)
		Manga Anantatmula	31.0	517	0	4
		Matthew Chappell	18.5	309	0	3
		Joe Babb	7.7	129	0	2
	Submit photo	Barbara Banks	2.6	43	0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,668
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See also: Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly (D) defeated Manga Anantatmula (R) in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gerald Edward Connolly (D)	71.4	280,725
		Manga Anantatmula (R)	28.3	111,380
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3%	1,136

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 393,241
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Stevan Porter (L)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly (D) defeated Zainab Mohsini (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gerald Edward Connolly	77.6	50,626
		Zainab Mohsini	22.4	14,610

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,236
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Republican convention

Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Manga Anantatmula (R) advanced from the Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on June 20, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Manga Anantatmula

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See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly (D) defeated Jeffery Anthony Dove Jr. (R) and Stevan Porter (L) in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gerald Edward Connolly (D)	71.1	219,191
		Jeffery Anthony Dove Jr. (R)	26.9	83,023
		Stevan Porter (L)	1.8	5,546
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2%	490

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 308,2500
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Peter Carey (Modern Whig Party)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Gerald Edward Connolly

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jonathan Park (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Jeffery Anthony Dove Jr. (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Jeffery Anthony Dove Jr.

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Previous election results

2016

See also: Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Gerald Connolly (D) was unopposed in the general election on November 8, 2016.

U.S. House, Virginia District 11 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gerald Connolly Incumbent	87.9%	247,818
	N/A	Write-in	12.1%	34,185
Total Votes				282,003
Source: Virginia Department of Elections

2014

See also: Virginia's 11th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 11th Congressional District of Virginia held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Gerry Connolly (D) defeated Suzanne Scholte (R), Joe Galdo (G), Marc Harrold (L) and Mark Gibson (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Virginia District 11 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gerald Connolly Incumbent	56.9%	106,780
	Republican	Suzanne Scholte	40.4%	75,796
	Green	Joe Galdo	0.9%	1,739
	Libertarian	Marc Harrold	1.7%	3,264
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	226
Total Votes				187,805
Source: Virginia Department of Elections

2012

See also: Virginia's 11th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 11th Congressional District of Virginia held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Gerry Connolly won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Virginia District 11 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gerald Connolly Incumbent	61%	202,606
	Republican	Chris Perkins	35.5%	117,902
	Green	Joe Galdo	0.7%	2,195
	Independent	Peter Marchetti	0.6%	1,919
	Independent	Chris DeCarlo	0.9%	3,027
	Independent	Mark Gibson	1.1%	3,806
	Write-In	N/A	0.2%	788
Total Votes				332,243
Source: Virginia State Board of Elections "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Gerald Connolly won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Keith S. Fimian (R), Christopher F. DeCarlo (I), David L. Dotson (L) and David William Gillis, Jr. (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Virginia District 11 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gerald Connolly incumbent	49.2%	111,720
	Republican	Keith S. Fimian	48.8%	110,739
	Independent	Christopher F. DeCarlo	0.8%	1,846
	Libertarian	David L. Dotson	0.6%	1,382
	Green	David William Gillis, Jr.	0.4%	959
	Unlisted	Write-in	0.1%	305
Total Votes				226,951

2008
On November 4, 2008, Gerald Connolly won election to the United States House. He defeated Keith S. Fimian (R) and Joseph P. Oddo (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Virginia District 11 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gerald Connolly	54.7%	196,598
	Republican	Keith S. Fimian	43%	154,758
	Green	Joseph P. Oddo	2%	7,271
	Unlisted	Write-in	0.2%	864
Total Votes				359,491

2006
On November 7, 2006, Tom Davis won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Andrew L. Hurst (D) and Ferdinando C. Greco (Independent Green) in the general election.

U.S. House, Virginia District 11 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Davis incumbent	55.5%	130,468
	Democratic	Andrew L. Hurst	43.6%	102,511
	Independent Green	Ferdinando C. Greco	0.9%	2,042
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	259
Total Votes				235,280

2004
On November 2, 2004, Tom Davis won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ken Longmyer (D) and Joseph P. Oddo (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Virginia District 11 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Davis incumbent	60.2%	186,299
	Democratic	Ken Longmyer	38.3%	118,305
	Independent	Joseph P. Oddo	1.4%	4,338
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	291
Total Votes				309,233

2002
On November 5, 2002, Tom Davis won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Frank W. Creel (Constitution) in the general election.

U.S. House, Virginia District 11 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Davis incumbent	82.9%	135,379
	Constitution	Frank W. Creel	16.5%	26,892
	N/A	Write-in	0.6%	1,027
Total Votes				163,298

2000
On November 7, 2000, Tom Davis won re-election to the United States House. He defeated M.L. Corrigan (D), Robert K. McBride (I) and C.W. Levy (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Virginia District 11 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Tom Davis incumbent	61.9%	150,395
	Democratic	M.L. Corrigan	34.3%	83,455
	Independent	Robert K. McBridge	2%	4,774
	Independent	C.W. Levy	1.7%	4,059
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	285
Total Votes				242,968

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Virginia after the 2020 census

The Virginia Supreme Court unanimously approved congressional maps for the state on December 28, 2021. The Virginia Redistricting Commission released two statewide congressional map proposals on October 14, 2021, and another on October 15, 2021. After the commission missed its deadline for approving map proposals and the Virginia Supreme Court assumed authority over the process, the two special masters selected by the court released proposals for congressional districts on December 8, 2021.

How does redistricting in Virginia work? On November 3, 2020, Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment establishing a commission-driven congressional and state legislative redistricting process. The 16-member commission comprises eight legislators and eight non-legislator members. Leaders of the legislature's two largest political parties select legislators to serve on the commission. The commission's eight citizen members are recommended by legislative leaders and selected by a committee of five retired circuit court judges. The commissioners themselves select one of the eight citizens to serve as chairperson.

District maps are subject to the following consensus requirements:

• Congressional maps: Approval by 12 commissioners, including six legislators and six non-legislators.
• Virginia State Senate: Approval by 12 commissioners, including six legislators (with three state senators) and six non-legislators.
• Virginia House of Delegates: Approval by 12 commissioners, including six legislators (with three state delegates) and six non-legislators.

The commission submits its maps to the General Assembly, which can vote to approve the maps or reject them. The General Assembly cannot amend the maps. If the General Assembly rejects a map, the commission must draft a second map. If the General Assembly rejects that map, the Virginia Supreme Court is tasked with enacting a new map.

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 11th Congressional District of Virginia after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Virginia after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Virginia State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Virginia's 11th the 67th most Democratic district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Virginia's 11th the 76th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 70.0%-28.7%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Virginia's 11th the 75th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 70.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 28.7%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Virginia's 11th Congressional District the 88th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.90. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.90 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Virginia
• Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2024
• Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2022
• Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2020
• Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 11

Footnotes

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Virginia's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Tim Kaine (D)

Mark Warner (D)

Representatives

District 1

Rob Wittman (R)

District 2

Jennifer Kiggans (R)

District 3

Bobby Scott (D)

District 4

Jennifer McClellan (D)

District 5

John McGuire (R)

District 6

Benjamin Lee Cline (R)

District 7

Eugene Vindman (D)

District 8

Donald Sternoff Beyer (D)

District 9

H. Morgan Griffith (R)

District 10

Suhas Subramanyam (D)

District 11

James Walkinshaw (D)

Democratic Party (8)

Republican Party (5)