U.S. House, VA 11th, Special, 2025

Posted August 10, 2025, 11:02 a.m.

A special election will be held on September 9 to fill a vacancy in the United States House of Representatives. I make the following recommendation in that race:

Virginia’s 11th District: Former Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA 11th) died of esophageal cancer on May 21, 2025. Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw (D-Braddock) and Stewart Whitson (R) stand as candidates to serve out the remainder of his term. I recommend voting for Stewart Whitson.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.

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