James Walkinshaw (Democrat), Arthur Purves (Republican) and Dianne L. Blais (Green) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Virginia District 11, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Virginia Department of Elections.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Arthur Purves (Republican) and Dianne L. Blais (Green).
Official candidate list: Virginia Department of Elections. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
James Walkinshaw
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2025 · Age 43
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Virginia
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 11 days before, or same-day during early voting and on Election Day in person (same-day ballots are provisional).
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The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $5.9M
- Outside money
- $2.9M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $219K of the race's $2.9M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other 2 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
8 filed- Candice BennettDemocrat$38K
- Gerald ConnollyDemocrat$719K
- Bree FramDemocrat$289K
- Nathan HeadrickRepublican$252K
- Daniel LeeDemocrat$137K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 785K
- Median household income
- $161K
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
- Living below the poverty line
- 5.1%
- Without health insurance
- 6.1%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
How this seat voted last time
D+50 in 2025
- James Walkinshaw Won: 75.1%
- Stewart L. Whitson: 24.7%
151,180 votes for candidates. It was a special election for the rest of the term, held September 9, 2025. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Official returns from the Virginia Department of Elections.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between July 27, 2025 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.