Democrat James Walkinshaw won Tuesday’s special election for Virginia’s 11th District to fill the unexpired term of his former boss, the late Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly.

Walkinshaw, a Fairfax County supervisor, was leading Republican Stewart Whitson, an Army veteran and former FBI official, 75 percent to 25 percent, when The Associated Press called the race at 7:36 p.m. Eastern time.

Walkinshaw’s win was expected in the deep-blue Northern Virginia district, which encompasses the Washington, D.C., suburbs heavily populated by federal workers. Democrat Kamala Harris carried the seat by 34 points last fall, according to calculations by The Downballot .

Walkinshaw comes to Congress deeply influenced by Connolly, whom he first met in 2006 and served as his chief of staff in the Hou

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