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James R. Walkinshaw

James R. Walkinshaw

Democratic · VA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

2 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2025

  • background Native of Northern Virginia; began political career in late 2000s
  • role Chief of staff to U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly from 2009 to 2019
  • role Fairfax County Board of Supervisors member from Braddock District, 2020–2025
  • achievement Won special election on September 9, 2025, succeeding retiring Rep. Gerry Connolly
  • role U.S. Representative for Virginia's 11th congressional district since September 2025

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.

  • 25
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 360 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 25 bills sponsored

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

  • 88%
    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.

  • 13%
    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.

  • 6
    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 James R. Walkinshaw. 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

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House VA-11 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,758,961 raised
  • $1,779,785 spent
  • $979,176 cash on hand
$2.76M
$2.73M
$1.80M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.41M
Unitemized (< $200)$392.03K
Party committees$10.00K
Other committees (PACs)$922.07K
Transfers from other committees$10.00K
Offsets to expenditures$7.74K
Other receipts$6.78K
$1.78M
Operating expenditures$1.76M
Contribution refunds$19.32K
Cash on hand$979.18K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through July 15, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jul 15, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

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 $2,714,859 supporting · $2,790 opposing · 3 outside groups

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10718To establish a temporary process for former Federal employees to obtain personnel records, secure administrative corrections to personnel and benefits documentation, and receive benefits coordination support, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10713To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a process for considering telework requests of Federal employees, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10581Shenandoah VALOR ActcosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • HR 10502To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the use of artificial intelligence systems to acquire, analyze, query, disseminate, or otherwise access information under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.cosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • HRES 1566Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the third Friday of September should be recognized as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day".cosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • HR 10473Justice for Ukrainian Children ActsponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HR 10474CISA Force Structure Assessment ActsponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HR 10443American Procurement Improvement Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HR 10397Survivors’ Rights Restitution Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • HR 10376Telehealth Reporting and Transparency Act of 2026sponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • HR 10297El Salvador TPS Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 2, 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 10034RECOVER PII ActcosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9886Federal Facilities Indoor Air Quality Assessment ActsponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9887Swatting Registry Best Practices ActsponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9888Military Installation Readiness and Resilience Act of 2026sponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HCONRES 114Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9730Foreign Service Test-Free Reentry Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9714Capping Appointed Positions ActcosponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • HR 9596Federal Jobs for STARs Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 5, 2026
  • HR 9579Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization ActcosponsoredJul 1, 2026
  • HR 9492Cybersecurity Logging Enforcement and Accountability Reporting ActsponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9448Federal Workforce Reproductive Rights Protection ActsponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9432LIFT the BAR ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills

Committee assignments (6)

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Walkinshaw most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Walkinshaw, 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 Walkinshaw connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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