Virginia's special election between Whitson and Walkinshaw could provide insights into the upcoming governor's race between Sears and Spanberger.

Democrat James Walkinshaw wins with 75% of the vote, vows "this is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump’s reckless agenda.”

Democrat James Walkinshaw won the special election for Virginia’s 11th District to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly.

Democrats easily won back one of their three vacant congressional seats, with James Walkinshaw trouncing his GOP foe, Stewart Whitson, in a northern Virginia special election Tuesday.

Voters in the City of Fairfax and Fairfax County, Virginia, are lining up in a special election to fill the U.S. House seat of the late Gerry Connolly.

Source: Election results and race calls are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Emma Baker, Neil Berg, Andrew Chavez, Michael Beswetherick, Matthew Bloch,

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order on Friday designed to further enhance the security of the Commonwealth’s elections.

The 11th District, which includes Fairfax City as well as most of Fairfax County outside the Beltway, voted for Kamala Harris over Trump last November by 34 points.

Early in-person voting for the November 4 elections in Virginia will begin on September 19, with curbside voting available for those over 65 and those with disabilities, and absentee ballots being