Federal

U.S. Representative, 11th Congressional District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 3
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A member of the U.S. House of Representatives votes on federal laws, taxes and spending on behalf of the district.

Localities in the district (all or part): City of Fairfax, Fairfax County.

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Arthur G. Purves

Republican

Retired computer programmer; president of the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance · Vienna

The gist

Proposes cutting health spending by reducing ultra-processed food consumption.
Opposes Virginia's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Proposes vouchers for students who leave public schools.
Supports keeping abortion legal only to save the mother's life.
Opposes complex gun laws.
Supports restoring the Lord's Prayer and Bible in public schools.
Supports restricting absentee voting.

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Proposes cutting health spending by reducing ultra-processed food consumption.
Arthur Purves for Congress
Campaign website · Purves for Congress 2026 · votepurves.org
“Ultra-processed food causes chronic disease, including mental illness.”
Opposes Virginia's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Arthur Purves for Congress
Campaign website · Purves for Congress 2026 · votepurves.org
“Regional Greenhouse Gas Inititative (RGGI), which will be a new $550 million tax on Virginia consumers”
Proposes vouchers for students who leave public schools.
Arthur Purves for Congress
Campaign website · Purves for Congress 2026 · votepurves.org
“School districts should give vouchers to students who attend for at least a year”
Supports keeping abortion legal only to save the mother's life.
Arthur Purves for Congress
Campaign website · Purves for Congress 2026 · votepurves.org
“Keep abortion legal for those rare cases but encourage marriage.”
Opposes complex gun laws.
Arthur Purves for Congress
Campaign website · Purves for Congress 2026 · votepurves.org
“What's not debatable is that these laws turn law-abiding citizens into inadvertent felons.”
Supports restoring the Lord's Prayer and Bible in public schools.
Arthur Purves for Congress
Campaign website · Purves for Congress 2026 · votepurves.org
“advocated reversing the Supreme Court decisions removing the Lord's Prayer, Bible, and Ten Commandments from public schools”
Supports restricting absentee voting.
Arthur Purves for Congress
Campaign website · Purves for Congress 2026 · votepurves.org
“France banned absentee voting in 1975 because of massive fraud in Corsica”

Dianne L. Blais

Green

Peace activist; community volunteer · Fairfax

The gist

Supports a moratorium on data centers.
Supports free public transit.
Supports a $15 minimum wage and taxing the wealthy more.
Supports Medicare for All.
Supports ranked-choice voting and proportional representation.
Supports open borders.
Proposes shifting military spending to domestic needs.

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Supports a moratorium on data centers.
What I Stand For — Dianne Blais for Congress
Campaign website · Dianne Blais for Congress · dianneforcongress.org
“I want: A moratorium of data centers, free public transit, open borders”
Supports free public transit.
What I Stand For — Dianne Blais for Congress
Campaign website · Dianne Blais for Congress · dianneforcongress.org
“A moratorium of data centers, free public transit”
Supports a $15 minimum wage and taxing the wealthy more.
What I Stand For — Dianne Blais for Congress
Campaign website · Dianne Blais for Congress · dianneforcongress.org
“$15 minimum wage, increase taxes on wealthy and corporations and medicare for all”
Supports Medicare for All.
What I Stand For — Dianne Blais for Congress
Campaign website · Dianne Blais for Congress · dianneforcongress.org
“increase taxes on wealthy and corporations and medicare for all”
Supports ranked-choice voting and proportional representation.
What I Stand For — Dianne Blais for Congress
Campaign website · Dianne Blais for Congress · dianneforcongress.org
“I'd like rank choice voting and proportional representation”
Supports open borders.
What I Stand For — Dianne Blais for Congress
Campaign website · Dianne Blais for Congress · dianneforcongress.org
“free public transit, open borders, improved incarceration”
Proposes shifting military spending to domestic needs.
What I Stand For — Dianne Blais for Congress
Campaign website · Dianne Blais for Congress · dianneforcongress.org
“Wars and the preparation for wars have huge costs and have major environmental impacts besides eating up the money that should be spent here.”

James R. Walkinshaw

DemocraticIncumbent

U.S. Representative · Fairfax County

The gist

Led creation of the Congressional Federal Workforce Caucus.
Supports extending Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
Supports limiting ICE force and enforcement at sensitive locations.
Opposes President Trump's tariffs.
Introduced bills supporting small federal contractors.
Introduced legislation to protect the civil service from politicization.

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Led creation of the Congressional Federal Workforce Caucus.
About — James Walkinshaw
Campaign website · Walkinshaw for Congress · jameswalkinshaw.org
“founding the first-ever Congressional Federal Workforce Caucus and serving as its co-chair … He has led efforts to block Schedule F, ensure federal employees are paid during government shutdowns”
Supports extending Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
About — James Walkinshaw
Campaign website · Walkinshaw for Congress · jameswalkinshaw.org
“he helped force a House vote to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits for 335,000 Virginians”
Supports limiting ICE force and enforcement at sensitive locations.
About — James Walkinshaw
Campaign website · Walkinshaw for Congress · jameswalkinshaw.org
“advancing reforms to curb excessive force, protect sensitive locations such as schools and houses of worship”
Opposes President Trump's tariffs.
About — James Walkinshaw
Campaign website · Walkinshaw for Congress · jameswalkinshaw.org
“He is pushing back against President Trump's tariffs that raise prices and threaten Virginia jobs”
Introduced bills supporting small federal contractors.
About — James Walkinshaw
Campaign website · Walkinshaw for Congress · jameswalkinshaw.org
“He has introduced 17 bills and advanced two out of committee to better support local businesses that partner with the federal government.”
Introduced legislation to protect the civil service from politicization.
About — James Walkinshaw
Campaign website · Walkinshaw for Congress · jameswalkinshaw.org
“He introduced legislation to rein in President Trump's attacks on federal workers and protect the nonpartisan civil service from politicization.”

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