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James R. Walkinshaw

James R. Walkinshaw

Democratic · VA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

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

  • Representative VA-11 2025–present

Background

  • 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

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)

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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 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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

  • 21
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 348 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 21 bills sponsored

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

  • 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.

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Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

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Committee assignments (6)

Issue positions (1)

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

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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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.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10034RECOVER PII ActcosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9887Swatting Registry Best Practices ActsponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9888Military Installation Readiness and Resilience Act of 2026sponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9886Federal Facilities Indoor Air Quality Assessment ActsponsoredJul 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 9432LIFT the BAR ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HR 9448Federal Workforce Reproductive Rights Protection ActsponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HCONRES 110Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.sponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HRES 1366Commending Taiwan on the 30th anniversary of its first direct presidential election in 1996, and expressing support for Taiwan in the preservation of its democratic institutions.sponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HRES 1342Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2026, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2026 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".cosponsoredJun 3, 2026
  • HR 9168Complete America’s Great Trails ActsponsoredJun 3, 2026
  • HCONRES 108Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon.cosponsoredJun 2, 2026
  • HR 9125Sectoral AI Governance Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 2, 2026
  • HR 9099DHS Release Transparency ActcosponsoredJun 1, 2026
  • HR 9113Department of Homeland Security Accountability Act of 2026sponsoredJun 1, 2026
  • HR 9047Arlington National Cemetery Viewshed Protection ActcosponsoredMay 28, 2026
  • HRES 1318Expressing support for the designation of the month of May 2026 as "Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration Awareness Month".cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 9000SCREEN for Type 1 Diabetes Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.

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