Fairfax, VA – Today, the Virginia State Association of Letter Carriers, representing more than 3,600 active and retired letter carriers across the Commonwealth, announced its endorsement of Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw in his campaign to represent Virginia’s 11th Congressional District.
This latest endorsement adds to a surge of momentum for the Walkinshaw campaign, which continues to consolidate support from a broad coalition of federal, state, and local leaders, labor unions, and grassroots advocates committed to delivering real results for Northern Virginia and standing up to Trump’s dangerous agenda.
In their endorsement, the Virginia State Association of Letter Carriers praised Walkinshaw’s unwavering record of support for postal workers and working families—both as a local elected official and as the longtime Chief of Staff to Congressman Gerry Connolly, a longtime champion of the U.S. Postal Service.
“Northern Virginia deserves a representative who will champion working families, support letter carriers, and strengthen the U.S. Postal Service,” said Jamie Drayton-Bey, President of the Virginia State Association of Letter Carriers. “James’ experience on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and his leadership alongside our long-time champion, the late Rep. Gerry Connolly, demonstrates his strong commitment to our members. His work under Connolly’s service on behalf of Virginia letter carriers extended far beyond our great state—defending collective bargaining rights, promoting letter carrier safety, and protecting the Postal Service’s universal network to ensure six- and seven-day service to every home and business. We look forward to building on that legacy and proudly support his Congressional campaign.”
Walkinshaw expressed deep gratitude for the endorsement and reaffirmed his longstanding commitment to letter carriers and the public servants who keep Virginia and the nation running.
“I’m proud to have the endorsement of the Virginia Association of Letter Carriers. As Congressman Connolly often reminded us, the Constitution and Congress give the United States Postal Service a clear mandate to deliver efficient, reliable, and universal service to all Americans,” said Walkinshaw. “In Congress, I’ll fight any effort to ignore or retreat from that mandate.”
With 50 endorsements from trusted local, state, and federal leaders—including the National Federation of Federal Employees representing thousands of public servants in VA-11—Walkinshaw’s campaign continues to generate momentum ahead of the Democratic Firehouse Primary on Saturday, June 28.
Additional endorsements will be announced in the days ahead.
Learn more and join the campaign at: jameswalkinshaw.org.
Current Endorsements Include:
Federal
- National Federation of Federal Employees, IAMAW, AFL-CIO
- Congressman Don Beyer (VA-08)
- Former Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11)
- Former Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (VA-10)
State
- Virginia State Association of Letter Carriers
- Former Attorney General Mark Herring
- Former Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn (HD-41)
- State Senator Barbara Favola (SD-40)
- State Senator Jennifer Boysko (SD-38)
- State Senator Dave Marsden (SD-35)
- Delegate David Bulova (HD-11)
- Delegate Vivian Watts (HD-14)
- Delegate Briana Sewell (HD-25)
- Delegate Rip Sullivan (HD-6)
Local
- Fairfax County Chairman Jeff McKay
- Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid
- Supervisor Jimmy Bierman (Dranesville)
- Supervisor Rodney Lusk (Franconia)
- Supervisor Walter Alcorn (Hunter Mill)
- Supervisor Andres Jimenez (Mason)
- Supervisor Dan Storck (Mount Vernon)
- Supervisor Dalia Palchik (Providence)
- Supervisor Kathy Smith (Sully)
- Former Fairfax County Chairman Sharon Bulova (Braddock)
- Former Fairfax County Vice Chairman Penny Gross (Mason)
- Former Fairfax County Supervisor John Foust (Dranesville)
- City of Fairfax Mayor Catherine Read
- Former City of Fairfax Mayor David Meyer
- City of Fairfax Councilmember Billy Bates
- City of Fairfax Councilmember Stacey Hardy-Chandler
- Former City of Fairfax Councilmember Joseph Harmon
- Former City of Fairfax Councilmember So Lim
- Former City of Fairfax Councilmember Janice Miller
- Former City of Fairfax Councilmember Tom Ross
- Town of Herndon Mayor Keven LeBlanc
- Former Town of Herndon Mayor Sheila Olem
- Former Town of Herndon Mayor Lisa Merkel
- Former Town of Herndon Mayor Mike O’Reilly
- Fairfax County School Board Chair Karl Frisch (Providence)
- Fairfax County School Board Vice Chair Sandy Anderson (Springfield)
- Fairfax County School Board Member and former Chair Rachna Sizemore Heizer (Braddock)
- Fairfax County School Board Member and former Chair Ilryong Moon (At-Large)
- Fairfax County School Board Member Marcia St. John-Cunning (Franconia)
- Former Fairfax County School Board Member Megan McLaughlin (Braddock)
- Former Fairfax County School Board Chair and Member Sandy Evans (Mason)
- City of Fairfax School Board Chair Carolyn Pitches
- City of Fairfax School Board Vice Chair Amit Hickman
- City of Fairfax School Board Member Lauren Bartelme
- City of Fairfax School Board Member Kristina Cecere
- City of Fairfax School Board Member Sarah Kelsey
