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U.S. Representative for Virginia’s 8th District

Donald S. Beyer, Jr.

Democrat 6th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.5M raised · top PACs: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education, Deloitte Political Action Committee
99LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
3BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2015–now
11 years in CongressMore senior than 66% of the House
Committees
  • Ways and Means 12th minority
  • Joint Economic Committee 7th minority
Age
76

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date3286303756743
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—4503491,2356

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 24% 11%
Taxation 19% 10%
Environmental Protection 4% 11%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Taxation and Science, Technology, Communications; bills go to Environmental Protection and Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Cost of Living (Taxation), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Tariffs (Taxation), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration).
  • 63 bills sponsored, most on Environmental Protection.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberJoint Economic Committee7th minority
MemberWays and Means Committee12th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 66% of the House, in the minority.

  • 11 years in Congress: more senior than 66% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

16% · peer median 23%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Beyer.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

16% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 23%); closest in his party: Dexter and Castro.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 58 · expected 27
Action in committee 5 · expected 4
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 229 of 433 in the House

0.60expected 0.48 · average member 1.00

0 of 58 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.60 against a peer median of 0.48.

  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.39

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 9 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 3 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: −0.39, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 1 of 13, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Beyer$2.5M raised7%62%31%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

68% of what he raised came from individuals; 7% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.5M raised, 31% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 46.9 points.

91 PACs of the 157 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

  1. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  2. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education100% D
  3. Deloitte50% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

249 bills

Beyer voted Yea on 31, Nay on 86, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 131 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.