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Ben Cline

Ben Cline

Republican · VA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

8 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2019

  • background Born February 29, 1972; a lawyer and member of the Republican Party
  • role Virginia House of Delegates (24th district) from 2002 to 2018
  • role U.S. Representative for Virginia's 6th congressional district since 2019

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 17 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 30
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 276 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 30 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 8 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 10
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Ben Cline. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted

Full voting record (17 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 17 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2020 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House VA-06 · 2026 General Election

  • $900,313 raised
  • $680,286 spent
  • $238,774 cash on hand
$900.31K
$895.76K
$534.29K
Itemized (≥ $200)$474.09K
Unitemized (< $200)$60.20K
Other committees (PACs)$361.47K
Offsets to expenditures$4.56K
$680.29K
Operating expenditures$497.54K
Contribution refunds$2.80K
Other disbursements$179.95K
Cash on hand$238.77K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through December 31, 2020 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2020)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Ben Cline campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$999,245$980,498$18,748
2020$900,313$680,286$238,774
2022$993,252$964,685$267,341
2024$1,030,467$969,486$328,322
2026$1,441,436$1,058,317$711,442

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • DYNAMIC AVIATION $10,000
  • MAGIC CITY FORD $9,900
  • GRAND HOME FURNISHINGS $6,600
  • ASSOCIATED ASPHALT $6,600
  • ULINE $6,600
  • POWER MONITORS, INC $6,600
  • MCLEOD ENTERPRISES $6,600
  • MOSS & ROCOVICH $6,600
  • GLOBAL TECHNICAL SYSTEMS $6,600
  • PARTNERS IN FINANCIAL PLANNING LLC $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $6,816 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $589 supporting · $4,795 opposing · 2 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10581Shenandoah VALOR ActcosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10575Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property (DEFEND IP) Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HRES 1584Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and its enduring legacy of saving the lives of more than 2,600,000 unborn children and respecting the conscience rights of the American people.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10377MAGA ActcosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • HR 10327Cost Estimates Improvement ActcosponsoredSep 9, 2026
  • HRES 1511Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, honoring the memory of the victims, recognizing the courage and sacrifice of the heroes who answered the call to serve, acknowledging the charitable organizations that continue to support survivors and victims' families, and reaffirming the enduring commitment of the United States to never forget.cosponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HR 10222No HUD Funding for Sanctuary Cities ActcosponsoredSep 1, 2026
  • HR 10016Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2026sponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 10017Permanent CBDC Ban ActcosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HRES 1451Recognizing Charleston as the appropriate host city for the 2027 annual meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HJRES 203Directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and report on anticompetitive practices and violations of the antitrust laws in the fire truck manufacturing industry.cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9722Fair Treatment of Religious Organizations Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9701Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act.sponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • HR 9453End EPA Abuse Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9298Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts ActcosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9249No PLA Employees Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9160No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families ActcosponsoredJun 3, 2026
  • HR 9156Tiananmen Square Memorial Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 3, 2026
  • HR 8957American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8826In God We Trust ActcosponsoredMay 13, 2026
  • HR 8787Servicemember Payment Data Privacy and Security ActsponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HR 8611Logan's LawcosponsoredApr 29, 2026
  • HR 8570Cost Estimate Clarity ActsponsoredApr 28, 2026
  • HR 8569No Bias in the Baseline ActsponsoredApr 28, 2026
  • HRES 1223Expressing support for the designation of Undiagnosed Awareness Month.cosponsoredApr 27, 2026
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Cline, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Cline connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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