U.S. Rep. James Walkinshaw won Virginia's 11th Congressional District on Tuesday, Nov. 3, taking 73.69% of the unofficial vote.

The Associated Press called the race for Walkinshaw at about 9:10 p.m., Patch reported. The Democrat collected 234,391 votes districtwide, leading Republican Arthur Purves by 155,734 votes, according to an election results export generated at 8:25 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4.

Purves finished with 78,657 votes, or 24.73%. Green Party candidate Dianne L. Blais received 3,993 votes, or 1.26%.

Write-in votes totaled 1,025.

The district covers most of Fairfax County and Fairfax City. Walkinshaw led in all 175 Fairfax County precincts and all six Fairfax City precincts.

How Vienna voted

Vienna's precincts followed the districtwide pattern. Here are the unofficial totals, which include Election Day, early voting and mailed absentee votes:

  • Vienna #1 (Precinct 213): Walkinshaw 2,121, Purves 689, Blais 36, write-in 14
  • Vienna #2 (Precinct 214): Walkinshaw 1,735, Purves 590, Blais 13, write-in 9
  • Vienna #4 (Precinct 216): Walkinshaw 799, Purves 248, Blais 12, write-in 3
  • Vienna #6 (Precinct 218): Walkinshaw 1,253, Purves 346, Blais 15, write-in 5
  • Wolftrap (Precinct 226): Walkinshaw 1,636, Purves 632, Blais 24, write-in 7

Walkinshaw, a former Braddock District supervisor on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, won his first full term in Congress. He previously served as chief of staff to former U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly, according to his official biography.

Patch reported that Walkinshaw posted a statement on his campaign Facebook page Tuesday night, thanking constituents for re-electing him and saying he was honored to keep fighting for his community.

Voting methods

Across the district, 170,773 ballots were cast on Election Day, 106,595 during early voting and 40,698 by mailed absentee ballot. Walkinshaw carried each method. He drew 119,002 Election Day votes, 81,188 early votes and 34,201 mailed absentee votes.

In Fairfax County alone, Walkinshaw received 226,330 votes to Purves' 75,886 and Blais' 3,777. In Fairfax City, Walkinshaw had 8,061 votes, Purves had 2,771 and Blais had 216.

Results remain unofficial

All 175 Fairfax County precinct entries carried a "Partially Reported" status as of Wednesday morning. Fairfax City's six precincts were marked "Election Night Complete." No provisional or post-election ballots appeared in the export.

Results may change as additional ballots are counted. Virginia's State Board of Elections is scheduled to certify congressional results on Dec. 7. State law allows up to three additional days if the board cannot finish that day.