Virginia's 11th congressional district

Virginia's eleventh congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The district stretches from Herndon to Quantico, comprising most of Fairfax County, all of the city of Fairfax, and part of eastern Prince William County. The residents of the 11th district are represented by Democrat Gerry Connolly.

Virginia's 11th congressional district
Virginia's 11th Congressional District - since January 3, 2013
Representative	Gerry Connolly D–Fairfax
Distribution	99.97% urban[1] 0.03% rural
Population (2019)	789,553[2]
Median household income	$118,099[3]
Ethnicity	49.39% White 18.7% Asian 18.31% Hispanic 13.45% Black 0.15% Native American
Cook PVI	D+15[4]

The Hill newspaper quotes census data to conclude that Virginia's 11th district was the wealthiest congressional district in the nation from 2003 to 2013. The article attributed the wealth to the many lobbyists and two-career couples in Northern Virginia.[5]

The district last existed in what is now West Virginia's 1st district and was held by Jacob B. Blair before the events of the U.S. Civil War. Virginia did not have an 11th district until it was re-created after the 1990 United States Census from portions of the old 8th and 10th districts because of explosive growth in Northern Virginia. It was intended to be a "fair fight" district; indeed, it encompassed most of the more Democratic portions of the old 10th district and the more Republican portions of the old 8th district. George W. Bush only narrowly defeated John Kerry here in 2004, while Democratic Governor Tim Kaine and Democratic Senator Jim Webb both carried this district, in 2005 and 2006 respectively. In 2008, Barack Obama won this district over Republican Senator John McCain. Democrat Leslie L. Byrne briefly held the seat for the first election cycle of the new district, but was quickly defeated in 1994 by Republican Tom Davis. Davis established a secure hold on the district during his tenure (1995–2008), but Democrat Gerald Connolly won it when Davis stepped down. Both Davis and Connolly may have been aided by their previous service on the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, where most of the 11th district's population is concentrated. 61.5% of 11th congressional district residents live in Fairfax County.[6] The results of the 2010 United States Census showed this district's population continued to grow, and due to redistricting covered more urban areas in Northern Virginia to favor the incumbent, Connolly.

Recent electoral history

1992-1998s

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election (new district), 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leslie L. Byrne	114,172	50.02
	Republican	Henry N. Butler	103,119	45.17
	Independent	A. T. "Art" Narro	6,681	2.93
	Independent	Perry J. Mitchell	4,155	1.82
	Write-ins		145	0.06
Total votes			228,272	100.00

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Davis	98,216	52.90
	Democratic	Leslie L. Byrne (inc.)	84,104	45.30
	Independent	Gordon S. Cruickshank	3,246	1.75
	Write-ins		114	0.06
Total votes			185,680	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Davis (inc.)	138,758	64.10
	Democratic	Thomas J. Horton	74,701	34.51
	Independent	C. W. "Levi" Levy	2,842	1.31
	Write-ins		181	0.08
Total votes			216,482	100.00
	Republican hold

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Davis (inc.)	91,603	81.71
	Independent	C. W. "Levi" Levy	18,807	16.78
	Write-ins		1,701	1.52
Total votes			112,111	100.00
	Republican hold

2000s

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Davis (inc.)	150,395	61.90
	Democratic	Mike L. Corrigan	83,455	34.35
	Independent	Robert K. McBride	4,774	1.96
	Independent	C. W. "Levi" Levy	4,059	1.67
	Write-ins		285	0.12
Total votes			242,968	100.00
	Republican hold

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Davis (inc.)	135,379	82.90
	Constitution	Frank W. Creel	26,892	16.47
	Write-ins		1,027	0.63
Total votes			163,298	100.00
	Republican hold

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Davis (inc.)	186,299	60.25
	Democratic	Ken Longmyer	118,305	38.26
	Independent	Joseph P. Oddo	4,338	1.40
	Write-ins		259	0.08
Total votes			309,233	100.00
	Republican hold

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Davis (inc.)	130,468	55.45
	Democratic	Andrew L. Hurst	102,411	43.57
	Independent Greens	Ferdinando C. Greco	2,042	0.87
	Write-ins		259	0.11
Total votes			235,280	100.00
	Republican hold

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerry Connolly	196,598	54.69
	Republican	Keith Fimian	154,758	43.05
	Independent Greens	Joseph P. Oddo	7,271	2.02
	Write-ins		864	0.24
Total votes			359,491	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010s

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2010 [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerry Connolly (inc.)	111,720	49.22
	Republican	Keith Fimian	110,739	48.79
	Independent	Christopher F. DeCarlo	1,846	0.81
	Libertarian	David L. Dotson	1,382	0.60
	Independent Greens	David William Gillis, Jr.	959	0.42
	Write-ins		305	0.13
Total votes			226,951	100
	Democratic hold

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerry Connolly (inc.)	202,606	60.98
	Republican	Christopher Perkins	117,902	35.49
	Independent	Mark T. Gibson	3,806	1.15
	Independent	Christopher F. DeCarlo	3,027	0.91
	Green	Joe F. Galdo	2,195	0.66
	Independent Greens	Peter M. Marchetti	1,919	0.58
	Write-ins		788	0.24
Total votes			332,243	100
	Democratic hold

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2014 [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerry Connolly (inc.)	106,780	56.86
	Republican	Suzanne Scholte	75,796	40.36
	Libertarian	Marc Harrold	3,264	1.74
	Green	Joe F. Galdo	1,739	0.93
	Write-ins		226	0.12
Total votes			187,805	100
	Democratic hold

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2016 [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerry Connolly (inc.)	247,818	87.88
	Write-ins		34,185	12.12
Total votes			282,003	100
	Democratic hold

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2018 [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerry Connolly (inc.)	219,191	71.11
	Republican	Jeff Dove	83,023	26.93
	Libertarian	Stevan Porter	5,546	1.80
	Write-ins		490	0.16
Total votes			308,250	100
	Democratic hold

2020s

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2020 [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerry Connolly (inc.)	280,733	71.6
	Republican	Manga Anantatmula	111,380	28.4
Total votes			392,113	94.0
	Democratic hold

Statewide elections

Data on election results for Virginia districts can be found via the Virginia Department of Elections.[12]

Year	Office	Results
1996	President	Clinton 48%–46%
	Senator	Warner 55%–45%
1997	Governor	Gilmore 52%–47%
	Lieutenant Governor	Hager 49%–47%
	Attorney General	Earley 53%–47%
2000	President	Bush 52%–45%
	Senator	Robb 53%–47%
2001	Governor	Warner 56%–44%
	Lieutenant Governor	Kaine 54%–45%
	Attorney General	Kilgore 51%–49%
2004	President	Bush 50%–49%[13]
2008	President	Obama 57%–42%[14]
2012	President	Obama 62%–36%[15]
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 60%–35%–5%[16]
	Lieutenant Governor	Northam 65%–34%[17]
	Attorney General	Herring 63%–37%[18]
2014	Senator	Warner 59%–38%[19]
2016	President	Clinton 66%–27%[20]
2018	Senator	Kaine 73%–25%[21]
2020	President	Biden 70%–28%

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1793
Josiah Parker	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th 5th 6th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Lost re-election.
	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801
Thomas Newton Jr.	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1801. Redistricted to the 20th district.
Anthony New	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1803. Retired.
James M. Garnett	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809	9th 10th	Elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Retired.
John Roane	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th	Elected in 1809. Re-elected in 1811. Redistricted to the 12th district.
John Dawson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 31, 1814	13th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1813. Died.
Vacant		March 31, 1814 – September 19, 1814
Philip P. Barbour	Democratic-Republican[lower-alpha 1]	September 19, 1814 – March 3, 1825	13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th	Elected in June 1814 to finish Dawson's term and seated September 19, 1814. Re-elected in 1815. Re-elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Retired.
Robert Taylor	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Elected in 1825. Retired.
Philip P. Barbour	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – October 15, 1830	20th 21st	Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Resigned to become U.S. Circuit Court judge
Vacant		October 16, 1830 – November 24, 1830	21st
John M. Patton	Jacksonian	November 25, 1830 – March 3, 1833	21st 22nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 13th district.
Andrew Stevenson	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – June 2, 1834	23rd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		June 3, 1834 – December 7, 1834
John Robertson	Anti-Jacksonian	December 8, 1834 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
John M. Botts	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – January 17, 1846	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		January 18, 1846 – March 5, 1846	29th
James McDowell	Democratic	March 6, 1846 – March 3, 1851	29th 30th 31st	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John Letcher	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 9th district.
John F. Snodgrass	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – June 5, 1854	33rd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		June 6, 1854 – December 3, 1854
Charles S. Lewis	Democratic	December 4, 1854 – March 3, 1855		[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
John S. Carlile	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Albert G. Jenkins	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned (Civil War).
John S. Carlile	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – July 9, 1861	37th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become U.S. Senator.
Vacant		July 10, 1861 – December 1, 1861
Jacob B. Blair	Unionist	December 2, 1861 – March 3, 1863		[data unknown/missing] Retired.
District eliminated March 3, 1863
District recreated January 3, 1993
Leslie Byrne	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Tom Davis	Republican	January 3, 1995 – November 24, 2008	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	[data unknown/missing] Retired and then resigned.
Vacant		November 24, 2008 – January 3, 2009	110th
Gerry Connolly	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – present	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2008.

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

See also

• Virginia's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts
• Virginia's 11th congressional district election, 2010

Notes

1. Supported the Crawford faction in the 1824 United States presidential election

References

1. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
2. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=51&cd=11
3. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=51&cd=11
4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
5. Barr, Andy (February 28, 2006). "Washington Area Tops List for Income". The Hill. Capitol Hill Publishing Corp. Archived from the original on May 8, 2006. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
6. "Virginia Census Viewer". Census Viewer. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
7. "November 2, 2010 General and Special Elections Unofficial Results as of November 5, 2010". Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. "2016 November General Congress". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
10. https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2018%20November%20General/Site/Congress.html
11. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-virginia-house-district-11.html
12. Virginia Department of Elections: Election Results. Accessed June 1 ,2017.
13. "Official Results/President". Commonwealth of Virginia/November 2nd – General Election. Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012.
14. "President>President And Vice President>Votes By District". November 2008 Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
15. "President>President And Vice President>Votes By District". November 6, 2012 General Election Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016.
16. "Governor>Votes by District". November 2013 General Election Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
17. "Lieutenant Governor>Votes by District". November 2013 General Election Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
18. "Attorney General>Votes by District". November 2013 General Election Official Results. Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
19. "Turnout by Congressional District". The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
20. "2016 November General President". Retrieved October 1, 2020.
21. "2018 U.S. Senate Results by Congressional District". The Virginia Public Access Project. Retrieved June 16, 2018.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Rep. Gerry Connolly's Official Website
• Eleventh Congressional District Democratic Committee official website
• Eleventh Congressional District Republican Committee official website