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applegrove

(128,272 posts)
Tue Sep 9, 2025, 08:04 PM Sep 9

Democrat wins Virginia's 11th Congressional District:

WTG!

Another Democratic win 🥇 in Virginia’s 11th district!

Congratulations @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥

Jennifer ✨Get In Good Trouble (@thejenniwren.teamlh.social) 2025-09-09T23:59:29.709Z
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Democrat wins Virginia's 11th Congressional District: (Original Post) applegrove Sep 9 OP
Just need one more signature for the discharge petition SSJVegeta Sep 9 #1
One more BlueKentuckyGirl Sep 9 #17
I am very confident she will! debsy Sep 10 #21
Thank you and Congrats to Democrat Walkinshaw riversedge Sep 9 #2
Congratulations Congressman! sheshe2 Sep 9 #3
Yay! yellow dahlia Sep 9 #4
so he won Gerald Connolly's (D) seat 75-25 RussBLib Sep 9 #5
75-25?! sheshe2 Sep 9 #6
More than a tad lopsided!! riversedge Sep 9 #9
Just a tad. sheshe2 Sep 9 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Sep 9 #7
Woah! applegrove Sep 9 #11
So yet another significant overperformance by a Democrat. This is now a certifiable trend. Wiz Imp Sep 9 #14
My crystal ball has been saying landslide coming next 2 elections. KS Toronado Sep 10 #20
short video: Today is Election Day! I want to go to Congress to be your ally, but I need your help. Polls are open from riversedge Sep 9 #8
America, get ready for more like this! oasis Sep 9 #12
My daughter . . . AverageOldGuy Sep 9 #13
ding. AllaN01Bear Sep 9 #15
Don't know anything about him swong19104 Sep 9 #16
WTF???? Do you honestly think those of us who worked to elect him didn't know his "bona fides"? onenote Sep 10 #19
Well What Do you Know.. Our Dems WINNING! Cha Sep 9 #18
Closing the gap orangecrush Sep 10 #22

BlueKentuckyGirl

(489 posts)
17. One more
Tue Sep 9, 2025, 10:27 PM
Sep 9

Raul Grijalva's seat in Arizona is up in a special election on Sept 23. Hopefully, the Dem will win that one also.

Response to RussBLib (Reply #5)

Wiz Imp

(7,329 posts)
14. So yet another significant overperformance by a Democrat. This is now a certifiable trend.
Tue Sep 9, 2025, 09:24 PM
Sep 9

Continue this into next year and it will be a Democratic landslide next November.

riversedge

(77,881 posts)
8. short video: Today is Election Day! I want to go to Congress to be your ally, but I need your help. Polls are open from
Tue Sep 9, 2025, 08:41 PM
Sep 9


Today is Election Day! I want to go to Congress to be your ally, but I need your help. Polls are open from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm — make your voice heard and remind a friend to vote!

Find everything you need here: jameswalkinshaw.org/vote

AverageOldGuy

(2,975 posts)
13. My daughter . . .
Tue Sep 9, 2025, 09:22 PM
Sep 9

. . . who is now a high/powered DC attorney, was his high school government teacher .

I think she taught him to always do the right thing; she is a bit more modest.

swong19104

(523 posts)
16. Don't know anything about him
Tue Sep 9, 2025, 10:15 PM
Sep 9

What are his bona fides? The oligarchs are well aware that the GOP brand is in the shitter. They may be sending wolves in sheep’s clothing, infiltrating the party. We already know there is a sizable number of Ds in office now who are politically further to the right of a typical 1970s GOPer.

We all need to do a more intensive background check of all our candidates and nominees. Just having a D after one’s name isn’t sufficient.

onenote

(45,672 posts)
19. WTF???? Do you honestly think those of us who worked to elect him didn't know his "bona fides"?
Wed Sep 10, 2025, 10:21 AM
Sep 10

Maybe before expressing "concerns" about a strong Democratic candidate you might do a bit of research yourself. If you had -- maybe one minute of your oh-so-valuable time, you'd have learned that James grew up in Northern Virginia, graduated from NYU in 2005 with a bachelor's in politics and began his political career two years later as Gerry Connolly's campaign manager when Gerry ran for Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and then as campaign manager for Gerry's successfully House campaign. He served as Gerry's Chief of Staff from 2009 until 2019. He then ran for, and was elected himself to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.

When Gerry became ill and decided against running for re-election, he personally asked James to run to succeed him.

Is that good enough for you, or do we need to search through his garbage cans for evidence that he's really a "wolf in sheep's clothing"?

Good god alrighty.

Cha

(314,461 posts)
18. Well What Do you Know.. Our Dems WINNING!
Tue Sep 9, 2025, 11:00 PM
Sep 9

TY and Congrats to James Walkinshaw!

Thank You, 11th District VA!

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