One of MAGA’s most prolific political organizers has warned that a Republican candidate’s crushing defeat in Virginia’s special election could spell disaster for President Donald Trump in the 2026 midterms.

Democrat James Walkinshaw defeated Stewart Whitson by a margin of nearly 3-to-1 in Tuesday’s race to fill the late Rep. Gerry Connolly’s seat.

Although Walkinshaw, a Fairfax County supervisor and longtime aide to Connolly, was heavily favored to win the deep-blue district, he overperformed by nearly 10 points, winning 75 percent of the vote.

Connolly had historically won with about 66 percent of the vote, or a 2-to-1 margin, while former Vice President Kamala Harris won the district by 34 points in last year’s presidential election, The Washington Post reported.

Scott Presler, a

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