{"id":2451467,"date":"2025-06-24T17:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T21:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/connolly-posthumously-boosts-former-chief-of-staff-in-va-election\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T17:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T21:25:56","slug":"connolly-posthumously-boosts-former-chief-of-staff-in-va-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/connolly-posthumously-boosts-former-chief-of-staff-in-va-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Connolly posthumously boosts former chief of staff in VA election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconnolly-posthumously-boosts-former-chief-of-staff-in-va-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2451467&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>former Virginia Democratic Representative gerry Connolly, who passed away last month, used his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 Trump Supporters in Washington DC\">social media account<\/a> to encourage voters in Virginia&#8217;s 11th Congressional District to support his former chief of staff, James Walkinshaw, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beacon-poll-shows-brown-and-turner-tied-in-ohio-11\/\" title=\"Beacon Poll Shows Brown and Turner Tied in Ohio 11\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-poll-majority-of-americans-want-republican-party-to-control-the-senate-sean-hannity\/\" title=\"LATEST POLL: Majority of Americans Want Republican Party to Control the Senate | Sean Hannity\">special election<\/a> primary<\/a><\/a>. Connolly had endorsed Walkinshaw prior to his death,and his account&#8217;s post has faced some criticism online. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-leader-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-cancer-for-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"Top Republican Leader Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene: A \u2018Cancer For The Republican Party\u2019\">primary election<\/a> is set to take place on June 28, with the winner likely advancing to the special election on September 9. Several other Democratic candidates are also competing for the nomination. the post raising awareness about the primary has drawn mixed reactions, with some viewing it as inappropriate, while Connolly&#8217;s account claims all posts are made with family consent.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Democrat tweets from beyond the grave to boost former chief of staff in Virginia election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2152731\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The social media account of former Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3418130\/virginia-rep-gerry-connolly-dies-at-75\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">who died in office last month<\/a>, called on voters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Virginia<\/a>&rsquo;s 11th Congressional District to support his former chief of staff, James Walkinshaw, in the special election primary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to his <a href=\"https:\/\/gerryconnolly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">website<\/a>, Connolly endorsed Walkinshaw before his death. The post received some backlash online.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3451372\/house-steering-committee-robert-garcia-top-democrat-house-oversight\/\">House Steering Committee recommends Robert Garcia for top Democrat on House Oversight Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3451350\/former-astronaut-terry-virts-democratic-bid-senate-texas\/\">Former NASA astronaut launches Democratic bid in Texas for Senate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3450538\/trump-advisers-maga-pac-thomas-massie-primary-challenge\/\">Trump-aligned advisers launch MAGA PAC in Kentucky to unseat Thomas Massie: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Early voting starts TODAY in VA-11! Before passing, Gerry endorsed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesWalkinshaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JamesWalkinshaw<\/a> to carry the torch. <\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s honor that legacy and vote for bold leadership that&rsquo;ll fight for us every day: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vateB2HB39\">https:\/\/t.co\/vateB2HB39<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1yKLvjVoYq\">pic.twitter.com\/1yKLvjVoYq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gerry Connolly (@ElectConnolly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectConnolly\/status\/1937573886305919463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;A hill chief using his deceased boss&rsquo; campaign account to promote himself? This is a new low&hellip;&rdquo; a staffer from the National Republican Senatorial Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sgallz_\/status\/1937584413950234732?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The primary in the heavily Democratic district <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3429310\/virginia-special-election-gerry-connolly-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">will be held<\/a> on June 28. Whoever wins the primary will likely go on to win the special election on Sept. 9. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">In addition to Walkinshaw,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3447945\/virginia-democrats-gerry-connolly-firehouse-primary-election\/\" target=\"_blank\">several other Democrats<\/a>&nbsp;are vying for the nomination<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3418408\/gerry-connolly-dies-reignites-democratic-debate-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">GERRY CONNOLLY&rsquo;S DEATH REIGNITES DEMOCRATIC DEBATE OVER AGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is unclear who made the post. According to the account&rsquo;s bio, &ldquo;All posts made with the consent of the Connolly family.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His office of constituent services did not respond to a request for comment from the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> about who made the post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2152731\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2152731\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrat&#8217;s account promotes chief of staff after death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2451468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AP25141452168296.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51609,26908,32603,57831,57832],"class_list":["post-2451467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-chief-of-staff-2","tag-connolly","tag-political-news","tag-posthumous-endorsement","tag-va-election"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AP25141452168296.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451467"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451471,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451467\/revisions\/2451471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2451468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}