The special election to complete the late Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly’s term will be held on Sept. 9, Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Tuesday.
Youngkin’s announcement sets off a just over three-month sprint to succeed Connolly, who died last month weeks after announcing that his esophageal cancer had returned. Connolly was in his ninth term representing Virginia’s 11th District, a safely blue suburban seat centered on the city of Fairfax, outside Washington.
The filing deadline for the September election is July 11.
