Riding profile

VA-11

US House district — VA · Mixed · us va

The question

VA-11: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Editorial read

VA-11, a mixed riding in VA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 34-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 70% vote share, against 30% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

WALKINSHAW, JAMES

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Connolly, Gerald Edward

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Walkinshaw, James

  • Democrat Challenger

    Pekarsky, Stella

  • Democrat Challenger

    Roma, Amy

  • Democrat Open seat

    Fram, Bree

  • Democrat Open seat

    Lee, Daniel

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
39.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 69.7%
  • Republican 30.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereVA-11 69.7%30.4%
National averageUnited States 51.9% +17.8 46.6% −16.3

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
33.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+5.5 pts

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026