Congress is out of session until Monday, November 9 for the midterm campaign. No new roll-call votes until then; the last were the House on Sep 16 and the Senate on Sep 30.

U.S. Representative for Virginia’s 7th District

Eugene Simon Vindman

Democrat 1st term On 2026 ballot

Replaced Abigail Davis Spanberger in 2025

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$16.3M raised · top PACs: Air Line Pilots Association, Forward Together PAC, Kaine Breaks with Democrats most onCrime and Law Enforcement: broke on 13 of 24 party-line votes (54%; most Democrats: 5%)
88LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
20BipartMed 12
56BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Agriculture 19th minority
  • Armed Services 25th minority
Age
51

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

and 1 more on the ballot

See the full race

Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date2928101,07567456

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 22% 8%
Armed Forces and National Security 22% 19%
Taxation 8% 11%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Taxation; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Taxation.

  • He talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Cost of Living (Taxation), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 80 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberAgriculture Committee19th minority
MemberArmed Services Committee25th minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% 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

68% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

68% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in his party: Norton and Hernández Rivera.

  • 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 79 · expected 19
Action in committee 9 · expected 5
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 167 of 433 in the House

0.88expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

0 of 79 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.88 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • 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 −0.17
Education8 of 12
Crime and Law Enforcement13 of 24
Immigration6 of 15
Energy6 of 35
Environmental Protection3 of 26

With his party on the other 7 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

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 88% of party-line votes, breaks 56 times (peer median 10), most on Education.

  • Position: −0.17, outside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Crime and Law Enforcement 13 of 24, Education 8 of 12, Immigration 6 of 15.

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

Vindman$16.3M raised61%31%6%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

92% of what he raised came from individuals; 61% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$16.3M raised, 6% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 2.6 points.

94 PACs of the 135 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 Defense.

  1. Air Line Pilots Association68% D
  2. Forward Together100% D
  3. Kaine100% 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

409 bills

Vindman voted Yea on 39, Nay on 72, and sponsored or cosponsored 298 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.