Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2026

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Virginia's 11th Congressional District
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: Pending
Primary: Pending General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Virginia
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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All U.S. House districts, including the 11th Congressional District of Virginia, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

• Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
• Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

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

The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		James Walkinshaw (D)
	Submit photo	Josh Aisen (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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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)

Candidate profiles

There are currently no candidate profiles created for this race. Candidate profiles will appear here as they are created. Encourage the candidates in this race to complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey so that their profile will appear here. You can ask candidates in this race to fill out the survey by clicking their names below:

• Michael Van Meter
• James Walkinshaw
• Stella Pekarsky
• Amy Roma

Voting information

See also: Voting in Virginia

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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You can ask candidates in this race to fill out the survey by clicking their names below:

• Amy Roma
• James Walkinshaw
• Michael Van Meter
• Stella Pekarsky

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
James Walkinshaw	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Josh Aisen	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Stella Pekarsky	Democratic Party	$384,312	$378,829	$5,483	As of June 30, 2025
Amy Roma	Democratic Party	$932,500	$734,370	$198,131	As of June 30, 2025
Nathan Headrick	Republican Party	$252,395	$252,395	$0	As of September 18, 2025
Michael Van Meter	Republican Party	$4,579	$7,678	$0	As of August 4, 2025
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

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.
• 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.

Race ratings: Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	9/23/2025	9/16/2025	9/9/2025	9/2/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

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

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Democratic primary)

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 18 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly defeated Michael Van Meter 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 election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly defeated Ahsan Nasar 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 election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Michael Van Meter advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11.

2022

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

General election

General election for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly defeated James Myles 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 election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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

Republican primary election

Republican Primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Select round: Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: James Myles in round 4 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu 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

		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

		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

		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
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

2020

See also: Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly defeated Manga Anantatmula 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 election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 11

Incumbent Gerald Edward Connolly defeated Zainab Mohsini 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 advanced from the Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 11 on June 20, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Manga Anantatmula (R)

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District analysis

This section will contain facts and figures related to this district's elections when those are available.

See also

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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)

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