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Northern Virginia voters will elect a new congressman to succeed the late Rep. Gerry Connolly Tuesday, in a special election for the 11th District seat.

It’s a rare September Election Day, which follows the death of the longtime Democratic lawmaker , who died in May after a battle with cancer.

Voters in the district will choose between Connolly’s former chief of staff, Democrat James Walkinshaw, and Republican Stewart Whitson, a former FBI special agent and Army veteran.

Walkinshaw, who is a member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, worked for Connolly for more than a decade and patterns his politics afte

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