Election Results: Connolly Takes 11th District
Incumbent Gerry Connolly (D) beats out challenger Chris Perkins (R) and four other candidates.
Final unofficial results around 1:14 a.m. Wednesday showed U.S. Rep Gerry Connolly easily outpacing Republican challenger Chris Perkins, with 60.06 percent of the vote to Perkins' 26.22 percent across the 11th District. Connolly won by at least 15 percentage points in all three of the 11th District jurisdictions, defeating Perkins 58.87 to 37.48 percent in Fairfax County; 55.36 to 40.44 percent in Fairfax City; and 65.91 to 30.11 percent in Prince William County, according to the State Board of Elections. As of 1:14 a.m. Wednesday, all precincts in the 11th District had reported their results. Update 10:31 p.m.: In a victory speech for several hundred people gathered in Tysons Corner, Gerry Connolly said voters in Virginia's 11th District…
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12:33 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Connolly said ""the Constitution doesn't say 'don't tread on me.' It says 'we the people.' It's not just about me. It's about all of us together. That's a Democratic value." He talks as though he won a hard fought battle. What a joke! Gerrymandering is what got him reelected, not "we the people". Locally, the same is true of Moran and Wolf. Young blood never has a chance until the likes of these … more ›