Abigail Davis Spanberger

Former Representative for Virginia’s 7th District, 2019–2025 · Democrat

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

1.10· expected 0.60

Above expectations

Rank 143 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 218 minority-party members

How far Spanberger’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

37 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 33 substantive, 3 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (1)

1 commemorative

H.R. 7508 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1285 Emancipation Highway in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as the "Gladys P. Todd Post Office".Became law Jan 4, 2025 · Government Operations and PoliticsCommemorative

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Spanberger’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Spanberger. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

Spanberger in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 11 missed of 1,235

Voted on 1,224 of 1,235 roll calls; missed 11. Higher than 78% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

92/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 187 of 218

Sided with the Democratic majority on 863 votes that split the parties. Lower than 77% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

21/ 100

Chamber median 16 · +5

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 80% of House members.

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured

−0.20

Democratic middle 80%: -0.52 to -0.24

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

Spanberger’s bills that became law

All bills

1 bill sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Spanberger’s effectiveness score.

1 commemorative

H.R. 7508 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1285 Emancipation Highway in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as the "Gladys P. Todd Post Office".Government Operations and Politics · Became law Jan 4, 2025Ceremonial76 words Commemorative

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.