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Democrats will hold onto a vacant congressional seat in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., in a special election seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump and his sweeping and controversial agenda.

Democratic Party nominee James Walkinshaw defeated Republican nominee Stewart Whitson in Virginia's left-leaning 11th Congressional District, according to The Associated Press.

Walkinshaw will succeed late longtime Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, who died in June after a battle with cancer.

Heading into Tuesday's special election, Republicans controlled the House 219-212, with three seats controlled by Democrats vacant, as well as one held by the GOP. Walkinshaw's victory in the left-leaning district that R

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