U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, who was recently elected to his ninth term in the U.S. House of Representatives for Virginia's 11th District, which encompasses much of Fairfax County and the City of ...

Connolly’s local government experience launched his congressional career. He was elected in 2008 after flipping an open Republican-held seat by nearly 42,000 votes. In his victory speech ...

Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to take a more comprehensive look at the factors that best prevent veteran suicide. The legislation passed as part of the ...

U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11) addressed the crowd with encouraging words after the 2016 Presidential election – as did Fairfax County Chairperson Sharon Bulova. They took part in presenting ...

John “Zip” Connolly, the disgraced FBI agent with ties to mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, has failed to clear his name. Connolly had requested “post conviction relief” from his second-degree murder ...

When disgraced former FBI agent John Connolly was released from prison in February 2021, he was expected to live about another year. On Thursday, the one-year anniversary of his release, Connolly was ...

Dan Merica joined the Post in 2025 and co-anchors the paper's flagship political newsletter, Early Brief. He began his career at CNN, where, as a national political reporter, he reported on ...