The Winner
If you live in Virginia's 11th U.S. House District, you will continue to be represented in Congress by Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA), who has been declared the winner of the 2026 congressional race, according to the Associated Press.
Walkinshaw took about 74.3% of the vote to about 24.2% for Republican Arthur Grahame Purves, a margin of about 50 points, according to the state's official results as of Nov. 10.
Walkinshaw won by about 169,955 votes, with about 252,071 votes to about 82,116 for Purves. The winner is based on the Associated Press call, and the vote figures are preliminary and may change until the state certifies them. The seat stays in Democratic hands.
The Race
Arthur Grahame Purves, the Republican nominee, reached the general election ballot through the Aug. 4 Republican primary. Cook Political Report rated the seat Solid Democratic. Green Party candidate Dianne Blais received about 4,199 votes, or about 1.2%.
Virginia's 11th District has a population of about 785,100 residents, according to geographic data for the district. The median household income is about $161,000, and the median age is about 39. About 68.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the unemployment rate is about 4.0% and about 5.1% of residents live below the poverty line.
The district includes the City of Fairfax in its entirety and most of Fairfax County, according to the Office of Representative James Walkinshaw. The City of Fairfax is its largest city.
What's Next
Walkinshaw is set to take office on Jan. 3, 2027, the date set by the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. He said he would continue fighting to reverse DOGE cuts and restore the civil service, and called for oversight of housing legislation already enacted, according to WVTF, which reported his responses to a WVTF/WAMU candidate questionnaire published before the election.
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