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Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 20 Republican convention)

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Virginia's 11th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: March 26, 2020
Primary: June 23, 2020 (canceled)
General: November 3, 2020

Pre-election incumbent:
Gerald Connolly (Democratic)
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Virginia
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Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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A Republican Party convention took place on June 20, 2020, in Virginia's 11th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 3, 2020.

The convention was originally scheduled for May 30, 2020. On May 27, 2020, Virginia's 11th District Republican Committee voted to change the date of the convention to June 20, 2020, due to concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Manga Anantatmula advanced from the Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 11.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
March 26, 2020
June 23, 2020 (canceled)
November 3, 2020


Heading into the election, the incumbent was Gerald Connolly (Democrat), who was first elected in 2008.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Virginia utilizes an open primary process in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Virginia's 11th Congressional District Republican convention. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Virginia modified its primary election process as follows:

  • Election postponements: The primary election was postponed from June 9 to June 23.
  • Voting procedures: The witness requirement for absentee voting in the primary election was suspended.
  • Political party events: The Democratic Party of Virginia opted to conduct its state convention remotely. The Republican Party of Virginia postponed its 5th Congressional District and 7th Congressional District conventions to June 13 July 18, respectively.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.


Candidates and election results

Republican convention

Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Candidate
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Manga Anantatmula (R)

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District analysis

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

The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+15, meaning that in the previous 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.[4]

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.[5]

Campaign finance

The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.

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General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[6]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[7][8][9]

Race ratings: Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2020
Race trackerRace ratings
November 3, 2020October 27, 2020October 20, 2020October 13, 2020
The Cook Political ReportSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every week throughout the election season.

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