This week, Democrat James Walkinshaw was elected to Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, taking over for his former mentor, Rep. Gerry Connolly, who sadly passed away in May.
Walkinshaw outperformed expectations in the district and won about 75% of the vote, 16 points up from what Kamala Harris won it by in November. Now, he was already expected to win — but many people expected him to win by the same margin that Harris won the district in 2024. The fact that he won by 16 more points than Harris is giving Americans hope that voters are fighting back at the ballot box.
This is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump’s reckless agenda.
(James Walkinshaw)
Like all elections, this was a community effort, but we want to especially thank TroubleNation group NoVA’s Childless Cat Ladies for all their hard work connecting with voters across the district. We wrote about them earlier this year to celebrate their work in the Loudoun County school district, and it’s great to see them continuing to make good trouble in their community!
These Troublemakers helped make sure people in their community turned out to vote during the special election, where roughly 150,000 ballots were cast.
Wilkinson will head to Congress in the coming weeks. Let’s keep this momentum going into November!