Virginia's 11th congressional district

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Virginia's 11th congressional district is a suburban, heavily populated U.S. House district in Northern Virginia that includes much of Fairfax County and parts of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
abbreviation VA-11
apportionmentBasis decennial United States census
borderedBy other congressional districts in Virginia
characteristic heavily populated
largely suburban and urbanized
suburban
contains City of Fairfax, Virginia
parts of Fairfax County, Virginia
suburbs of Washington, D.C.
country United States
created 1990 census
currentRepresentative Gerry Connolly
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party
currentRepresentativeTookOffice 2009
demographicCharacteristic highly educated population
racially and ethnically diverse population
economicCharacteristic high median household income
elects one member of the United States House of Representatives
federalDistrictNumber 11
firstElectionHeld 1992
governingLaw United States Constitution
governmentLevel federal
hasVoterBase largely Democratic-leaning in recent elections
includes major employment centers in Northern Virginia
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
locatedIn Fairfax County, Virginia
Northern Virginia
partOf Virginia congressional delegation
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
previousRepresentative Frank Wolf (portion before redistricting)
Leslie L. Byrne
Tom Davis
redistrictedAfter 2000 census
2010 census
2020 census
representedIn 118th United States Congress
represents residents of parts of Fairfax County, Virginia
state Virginia
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gerry Connolly
VA-11 ("11th congressional district of Virginia")
represents
VA-11
abbreviationOf
VA-11
alsoKnownAs
Fairfax County, Virginia
congressionalDistrict
Town of Oakton, Virginia ("U.S. House Virginia 11th congressional district")
federalRepresentation

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