Connolly Blog

The Washington Jewish Week wraps up a recent debate. Generally, the audience at Adat Reyim appeared to support Democrat Connolly, although those interviewed said they were excited to hear Fimian speak. "I felt that Gerry Connolly had much stronger answers and really answered more of the questions to the point," said ...

Mason Hosts Local Candidates for Health Forum Chairman Gerry Connolly of the Fairfax Board of Supervisors was the first to speak. The Democratic congressional hopeful for the 11thDistrict led off by telling an anecdote from his days as Chairman. He received a call from a woman called who said, ”I have ...

What's Really Wrong with Keith Fimian

News 4 video on the Tysons Task Force report.

Washington Post: County Approves Bold Blueprint for Tysons Corner

Even McCain Doesn't Have Faith in Keith Fimian

Fairfax Connection. Eleventh district congressional candidate Keith Fimian said he is unaware of any scheduled debate between himself and his opponent, Fairfax County chairman Gerry Connolly (D). Prince William Committee of 100. September's Program The Committee will host the 11th Congressional Candidates, Gerry Connolly and Keith Fimian, on September 18th at the Montclair Country ...

Fairfax Times has a letter to the editor. Fimian Isn't Convinced of Global Warming Cause by Joan Eisner I visited my local congressional candidate’s office to ask him what his plan was to fight global warming. As it turns out, Keith Fimian isn’t convinced that humans are contributing to global warming. If there’s ...

Marc Fisher checks out Valley precinct in Springfield. The 2,700 voters who live in 1960s houses and 1990s townhouses off Rolling Road north of the Fairfax County Parkway gave George Bush a 160-vote margin over Al Gore in 2000, then flipped to pick John Kerry over Bush by just 20 votes ...

Greater Greater Washington notes that the Washington Council of Governments has released a climate change report detailing ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the region. Climate experts from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) are briefing the DC Council tomorrow about COG's Climate Change Report. Produced by a steering ...

The Washington Post previews the race, focusing on the momentum of the Obama-Warner-Connolly ticket and our opponent's conservatism. Fimian's Achilles' heel might be his conservatism, which he has played down on the campaign trail and which will not be palatable for much of the 11th District's left-leaning electorate. Fimian opposes abortion ...

The Connections covers the 13th annual Northern Virginia Whiffle Ball World Series. The Brian Bedell 2-Young Foundation held their 13th annual Northern Virginia Wiffle Ball World Series on Saturday, raising money for research on brain cancer. The event, which was played at Waters Field in Vienna, began with a home run ...

Gerry helps the Washington Glory call Fairfax home Sports at George Mason University(GMU) continue the meteoric climb to glory with women’s professional softball. The Washington Glory, the National Pro Fastpitch softball league’s newest team, will call Mason home until 2011 How has he managed this feat? First, he credits the Fairfax County ...

Fairfax County residents following Gerry's "Cool Counties" Model (Fairfax Connection) A year after Fairfax County declared its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050, Rekha Nadkarni has made her neighborhood, McLean Hunt Estates, the first community in the county to be an official part of ...

Wide-reaching Housing Rescue Legislation Moves Forward KWAME HOLMAN: Gerry Connolly is chairman of the Fairfax County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors and a Democratic candidate for the House. Situated just outside Washington, Fairfax is the wealthiest county in the U.S. on a per capita household income basis. Nonetheless, Fairfax, too, has housing troubles. ...

Real Clear Politics covers the most recent polling in VA-11. Republicans have a seriously uphill climb in what increasingly looks like one of Democrats' best pickup opportunities in the country. The poll, conducted for Fairfax County Board of Supervisors chairman Gerry Connolly by Lake Research Partners, surveyed 500 registered voters between 7/10-14 ...

For Immediate Release: July 17, 2008 Connolly Holds 31 Point Lead in New Poll Fairfax, VA - Gerry Connolly, Democratic Congressional Candidate in Virginia's 11th District, today released internal polling results showing him leading Republican Keith Fimian 52%-21% in an initial head-to-head match-up, demonstrating that voters are responding to Gerry Connolly's proven ...

New photo's of Gerry's Speech at the Obama Town Hall Meeting have just been uploaded on Flickr. Check them out!