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U.S. Representative for Virginia’s 2nd District

Jennifer A. Kiggans

Republican 2nd term On 2026 ballot

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$7.6M raised · top PACs: Allied Pilots Association, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, American Association of Nurse Practitioners Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 14 of 50 party-line votes (28%; most Republicans: 7%)
95LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
17BipartMed 12
23BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Veterans' Affairs 11th majority
  • Natural Resources 12th majority
  • Armed Services 18th majority
Age
55

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date5856342367423
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2232991,235170

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 she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Transportation and Public Works 17% 5%
Health 6% 16%
Armed Forces and National Security 31% 43%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Transportation and Public Works and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Health.

  • She talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 56 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairOversight and Investigations SubcommitteeVeterans' Affairs
MemberVeterans' Affairs Committee11th majority
MemberNatural Resources Committee12th majority
MemberArmed Services Committee18th majority

Chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, more senior than 18% of the House, in the majority.

  • 3 years in Congress: more senior than 18% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Democratic bills

38% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

38% of her cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in her party: Newhouse and Thompson.

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

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 50 · expected 23
Action in committee 14 · expected 7
Beyond committee 6 · expected 4
Passed House 3 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 103 of 433 in the House

1.37expected 1.09 · average member 1.00

3 of 50 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.37 against a peer median of 1.09.

  • On the move: H.R. 7618 (out of committee), H.R. 8052 (out of committee), H.R. 7365 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.26

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

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 10 of the 10 she 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: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 95% of party-line votes, breaks 23 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: +0.26, outside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 14 of 50, Armed Forces & National Security 3 of 38, Congress 2 of 150.

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

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Kiggans$7.6M raised20%33%20%26%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

54% of what she raised came from individuals; 20% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$7.6M raised, 20% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 3.8 points.

86 PACs of the 168 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. Allied Pilots Association50% D
  2. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists49% D
  3. American Association of Nurse Practitioners49% 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

196 bills

Kiggans voted Yea on 65, Nay on 4, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 126 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

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