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20170

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Fairfax County, VA

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U.S. House, Virginia District 11
3 candidates
Federal ▾
James R. Walkinshaw portrait
JR
James R. Walkinshaw
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Walkinshaw previously served on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and spent more than a decade as chief of staff to former Congressman Gerry Connolly, per the campaign site. Walkinshaw holds a degree from New York University and lives in Fairfax with a wife and son, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Protecting federal workers from politicization through a Congressional Federal Workforce Caucus
  • Extending health care premium tax credits and lowering costs
  • Addressing housing affordability and opposing tariffs that raise prices
Key voting record
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the House 222-209 in November 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the September 2025 stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-212 in September 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
Arthur G. Purves portrait
AG
Arthur G. Purves
REP
Biography
Arthur Purves is a retired computer programmer with a 40-year career who has led the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance for nearly three decades, per his campaign site. He lives in Vienna and is the Republican nominee for Virginia's 11th Congressional District.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Reducing federal spending through policy changes rather than program cuts
  • Stricter immigration vetting
  • School choice and competition in public education
Campaign siteFull profile
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Dianne L. Blais
Biography
Blais has been a member of the Green Party since 2014, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Blais serves as convener of the Jane Addams branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Redirecting military spending toward domestic needs
  • Supporting a Medicare for All health care system
  • Raising taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations and increasing the minimum wage
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
James R. Walkinshaw (Democratic), Arthur G. Purves (Republican), Dianne L. Blais (Green) meet on the November 3 ballot, per the Department of Elections' certified November federal candidate list (updated September 3, 2026). Virginia has no runoffs.
U.S. Senate
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Mark Warner portrait
MW
Mark Warner
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Mark Warner is Virginia's sitting U.S. senator, per the campaign site. He was the first person in his family to graduate from college, and his third business venture, a cell phone company, broke through, per the campaign site. He was elected governor of Virginia in 2001, chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee beginning in 2021 and is now its vice chairman, per the campaign site and the Senate's committee rosters. The campaign site says he wrote the CHIPS and Science Act.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Making Virginia affordable
  • Delivering for Virginians
  • Keeping Americans safe
Campaign Finance
$21,990,910 raised · top industries: Large donors giving $2,000+ (42% of receipts), Small-dollar donors under $200 (21% of receipts)
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the Senate 50-50 in July 2025, with the vice president casting the tie-breaking vote. Opposed
Voted yes on the CHIPS and Science Act, funding domestic semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research, which cleared the Senate 64-33 in July 2022. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
Bert Mizusawa portrait
BM
Bert Mizusawa
REP
Biography
Bert Mizusawa is a retired U.S. Army major general and a four-time combat veteran with 41 years in uniform, per the campaign site. He holds a law degree from Harvard, and he served as a Senate Armed Services Committee staff member, as a deputy under secretary of the Army, and as commander of the Combined Joint Interagency Task Force in Afghanistan, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Fiscal responsibility
  • Affordability
  • Defending our military
Campaign Finance
$376,213 raised · top industries: Small-dollar donors under $200 (28.5% of receipts), Large donors giving $2,000+ (14.2% of receipts), Candidate self-funding, contributions and loans combined (45.6% of receipts)
Campaign siteFull profile

ZIP 20170 sits in Fairfax County, per the Census crosswalk; see the Fairfax County page for its local races.

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