Virginia's 11th Congressional District special election, 2025
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A special election to fill the seat representing Virginia's 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House was held in 2025. The general election was held September 9, 2025. The filing deadline was July 11, 2025.[1]
The special election filled the vacancy left by Gerald Connolly (D), who died on May 21, 2025.[2]
At the time of the election, eight special elections had been called for the 119th Congress. From the 113th Congress to the 118th Congress, 80 special elections were held. For more data on historical congressional special elections, click here.
Click here for Ballotpedia's coverage of the Democratic firehouse primary on June 28, 2025.
Candidates and election results
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Virginia District 11
James Walkinshaw defeated Stewart Whitson 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 | ||
| Total votes: 151,180 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Karina Lipsman (R)
- Priya Punnoose (D)
- Irene Shin (D)
- Leo Martinez (D)
- Amy Roma (D)
- Candice Bennett (D)
- Josh Aisen (D)
- Daniel Lee (D)
- Amy Papanu (D)
- Isaac Day (D)
- Lucas Rand (R)
- Chandrashekar Tamirisa (Independent)
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Virginia
District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.
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 | ||
| 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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)
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 | ||
| Total votes: 410,186 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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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 | |
| 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.
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 | ||
| Total votes: 289,652 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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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
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 | |
| Barbara Banks | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 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 | |
| Barbara Banks | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 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 | |
| Barbara Banks | 0.0 | 0 | -43 | 1 | ||
| 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 | |
| Barbara Banks | 2.6 | 43 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 1,668 | |||
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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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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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