Virginia's 11th congressional district

Virginia's 11th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Situated in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., the district comprises most of Fairfax County and the entirety of Fairfax City. The district is represented by Democrat Gerry Connolly.

Virginia's 11th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023
Representative	Gerry Connolly D–Mantua
Distribution	99.97% urban[1] 0.03% rural
Population (2023)	783,583[2]
Median household income	$148,511[3]
Ethnicity	48.8% White 22.9% Asian 14.1% Hispanic 8.3% Black 5.2% Two or more races 0.8% other
Cook PVI	D+18[4]

Virginia's 11th congressional district from January 3, 2023

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 presence of high-level federal workers and two-income families’ and because ‘lobbyists and other corporate types flock to the D.C. area.’”^[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]

Recent electoral history

1990s

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

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerry Connolly (inc.)	193,190	66.7
	Republican	Jim Myles	95,634	33.0
	Write-in		852	0.3
Total votes			289,676	100.0
	Democratic hold

Virginia's 11th Congressional District election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerry Connolly (inc.)	273,529	66.7
	Republican	Mike Van Meter	134,802	32.9
	Write-in		1,855	0.5
Total votes			410,186	100.0
	Democratic hold

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[12]
2008	President	Obama 59% - 40%
2009	Governor	McDonnell 53% - 47%
	Lt. Governor	Bolling 50.1% - 49.9%
2012	President	Obama 59% - 41%
	Senate	Kaine 60% - 40%
2013	Governor	McAuliffe 57% - 37%
	Lt. Governor	Northam 62% - 37%
	Attorney General	Herring 60% - 40%
2014	Senate	Warner 56% - 41%
2016	President	Clinton 63% - 30%
2017	Governor	Northam 67% - 32%
	Lt. Governor	Fairfax 67% - 33%
	Attorney General	Herring 67% - 33%
2018	Senate	Kaine 70% - 27%
2020	President	Biden 69% - 28%
	Senate	Warner 69% - 30%
2021	Governor	McAuliffe 64% - 35%
	Lt. Governor	Ayala 65% - 35%
	Attorney General	Herring 65% - 35%
2024	President	Harris 65% - 31%
	Senate	Kaine 67% - 32%

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:^[13]

Fairfax County (46)

Braddock, Burke, Burke Centre, Centreville, Chantilly, Crosspointe, Difficult Run, Dranesville, Dunn Loring, Fairfax Station (part; also 10th), Fair Lakes, Fair Oaks, Floris, Franconia (part; also 8th), Franklin Farm, George Mason, Great Falls, Great Falls Crossing, Greenbriar, Herndon, Hutchinson, Kings Park, Kings Park West, Laurel Hill, Long Branch, Lorton, Mantua, McLean (part; also 8th), McNair, Merrifield, Navy, Newington, Newington Forest, Oakton, Ravensworth, Reston, South Run, Springfield (part; also 8th), Sully Square, Tysons, Union Mill (part; also 10th), Vienna, Wakefield, West Springfield, Wolf Trap, Woodburn

Independent city (1)

Fairfax

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1793
Josiah Parker (Macclesfield)	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. (Norfolk)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1801. Redistricted to the 20th district.
Anthony New (Gloucester County)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1803. Retired.
James M. Garnett (Loretto)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809	9th 10th	Elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Retired.
John Roane (Uppowac)	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 (Gordonsville)	Democratic-Republican[a]	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 (Orange)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Elected in 1825. Retired.
Philip P. Barbour (Gordonsville)	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 (Fredericksburg)	Jacksonian	November 25, 1830 – March 3, 1833	21st 22nd	Elected to finish Barbour's term Re-elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 13th district.
Andrew Stevenson (Richmond)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – June 2, 1834	23rd	Elected in 1833. Resigned.
Vacant		June 3, 1834 – December 7, 1834
John Robertson (Richmond)	Anti-Jacksonian	December 8, 1834 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th	Elected to finish Stevenson's term Re-elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Retired.
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
John M. Botts (Richmond)	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Lost re-election.
William Taylor (Lexington)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – January 17, 1846	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Died.
Vacant		January 18, 1846 – March 5, 1846	29th
James McDowell (Lexington)	Democratic	March 6, 1846 – March 3, 1851	29th 30th 31st	Elected to finish Taylor's term Re-elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Retired.
John Letcher (Lexington)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1851. Redistricted to the 9th district.
John F. Snodgrass (Parkersburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – June 5, 1854	33rd	Elected in 1853. Died.
Vacant		June 6, 1854 – December 3, 1854
Charles S. Lewis (Clarksburg)	Democratic	December 4, 1854 – March 3, 1855		Elected to finish Snodgrass's term Lost re-election.
John S. Carlile (Clarksburg)	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1855. Lost re-election.
Albert G. Jenkins (Green Bottom)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Resigned (Civil War).
John S. Carlile (Wheeling)	Union	March 4, 1861 – July 9, 1861	37th	Elected in 1861. Resigned to become U.S. Senator.
Vacant		July 10, 1861 – December 1, 1861
Jacob B. Blair (Parkersburg)	Union	December 2, 1861 – March 3, 1863		Elected to finish Carlile's term Retired.
District dissolved March 3, 1863
District re-established January 3, 1993
Leslie Byrne (Falls Church)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected in 1992. Lost re-election.
Tom Davis (Vienna)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – November 24, 2008	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Announced retirement, then resigned.
Vacant		November 24, 2008 – January 3, 2009	110th
Gerry Connolly (Mantua)	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – present	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. Retiring at end of term.

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

2013–2023

See also

• United States portal
• Virginia portal

• 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