Walkinshaw, Whitson to Face Off in District 11 Special Election

VA11 Dems Firehouse Primary Results Thread; Votes Being Counted, but Stella Pekarsky Campaign Already Has Congratulated James Walkinshaw “for his victory tonight”

Polls closed at 7 pm, and we should have official results in the next few hours from the VA11 Democratic "firehouse primary" held today for the seat of the late, great Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11), who passed away on May 21. For official results once they're posted, see here. I'll use this blog post to...

Walkinshaw, Whitson to face off in District 11 special election

Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw will face Republican Stewart Whitson in a special election this September after the death of Rep. Gerry Connolly in May. At least 38,000 Democrats and 2,600 Republicans cast ballots in what’s called firehouse primaries. Democrats are still working on a final tally as of Saturday night and have not declared an official winner. Even before...