District: Virginia - 11th District Political Highlights: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 1995-2003; Fairfax County Board of Supervisors chairman, 2004-09 Born: March 30, 1950; Boston, Mass. Residence: Fairfax Religion: Roman Catholic Family: Wife, Catherine Connolly; one child Education: Maryknoll College, B.A. 1971; Harvard U., M.P.A. 1979 Elected: 2008 Committee Assignments: Foreign Affairs (Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation; Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism); Oversight & Reform (Economic and Consumer Policy; Government Operations - Chairman) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 109th ranked House Democrat Twitter: 46,550 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Gerald Connolly (D) Keith Fimian (R) Joseph Oddo (IGREEN)
Votes
196,598 154,758 7,271
%
54.7% 43.0% 2.0%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Gerald Connolly (D) Keith Fimian (R) Christopher DeCarlo (I) David Dotson (LIBERT) David Gillis (IGREEN)
Votes
111,720 110,739 1,846 1,382 959
%
49.2% 48.8% 0.8% 0.6% 0.4%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Gerald Connolly (D) Chris Perkins (R) Mark Gibson (I) Christopher DeCarlo (I) Joe Galdo (GREEN) Peter Marchetti (IGREEN)
Votes
202,606 117,902 3,806 3,027 2,195 1,919
%
61.0% 35.5% 1.1% 0.9% 0.7% 0.6%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Gerald Connolly (D) Suzanne Scholte (R) Marc Harrold (LIBERT) Joe Galdo (GREEN)
