Virginia 11th district Republican candidate Stewart Whitson told Breitbart News Saturday that Tuesday’s special election gives Republicans a “once in a generation” chance to take over the district, which Republicans have not won since 2006.

Whitson spoke to Breitbart News Saturday host Matthew Boyle as Whitson is knocking across Old Dominion’s 11th congressional district, which comprises much of Fairfax County and Fairfax City in northern Virginia. After the death of the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Virginians have an opportunity to potentially elect a Republican.

“For 16 long years, the Democrats have had a stranglehold on this district,” Whitson said, adding that it was “Gerry Connolly or nothing.”

Whitson noted that the “dynamics” of the special election “make this a race t

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