Former representative · Virginia's 7th district
Abigail Davis Spanberger
Abigail Davis Spanberger served in Congress from 2019 to 2025, last as a Democratic representative for Virginia's 7th district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 11, and cast 779 of 844 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2019
- Last term ended
- Jan 3, 2025
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 1,222 | 0.9%11 of 1,222 · rank 345 of 442 | 92%779 of 844 · rank 341 of 442 | 381 became law | 48%192 of 397 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 998 | 0.9%9 of 998 · rank 255 of 443 | 94%533 of 569 · rank 385 of 443 | 400 became law | 26%123 of 475 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Dec 12, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 236–173· Against party
- Nov 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 244–171· Against party
- Nov 14, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 245–155· Against party
- Sep 25, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 255–161· Against party
- Sep 24, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 268–151· Against party
- Sep 23, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 257–125· Against party
- Sep 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 266–158· Against party
- Sep 11, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 269–149· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34
- Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 404–1
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 369–37
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 373–33
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 311–96
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 402–12
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–201
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 348–39
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–12
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 390–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
78 sponsored · 1 became law
How far they got
- Introduced7394%
- Passed one chamber45.1%
- Became law11.3%
Policy areas
- Agriculture and Food14
- Health12
- Armed Forces and National Security9
- Crime and Law Enforcement6
- Taxation6
- Congress5
- Immigration5
- Government Operations and Politics4
Latest activity
- 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· Government Operations and Politics· Jan 4, 2025
- H.R. 9667 Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels ActIntroduced· Immigration· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 957 Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act of 2023Introduced· Taxation· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 8588 Linking Seniors to Needed Legal Services Act of 2024Introduced· Social Welfare· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 5958 Drug-price Transparency for Consumers Act of 2023Introduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 2909 Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2023Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 2534 PROTECT 340B Act of 2023Introduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 10239 End Drug Shortages ActIntroduced· Health· Nov 21, 2024
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
No committee seats are listed.
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to Virginia's 7th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $36.2B
- Per resident
- $44,917
- Rank in Virginia
- 1 of 11
- Contract actions
- 5,661
- New awards: 1,606
By fiscal year
- 2BFY2017
- 2.5BFY2018
- 2.5BFY2019
- 3.5BFY2020
- 12.5BFY2021
- 19.5BFY2022
- 27.3BFY2023
- 23.9BFY2024
- 34.4BFY2025
- 36.2BFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Veterans Affairs$33.7B93%
- Department of the Navy$1.1B3.1%Department of Defense
- Department of Defense
- Department of the Air Force$217.7M0.6%Department of Defense
- Federal Acquisition Service$192.7M0.5%General Services Administration
- Department of the Army$82.7M0.2%Department of Defense
- Defense Information Systems Agency$55.5M0.2%Department of Defense
- Federal Bureau of Investigation$50.5M0.1%Department of Justice
Top recipients
- OPTUM PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS, INC.$22.5B62%30 awards
- TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP$10.7B30%12 awards
- SOLDIERPOINT DIGITAL HEALTH, LLC$257.7M0.7%33 awards
- CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$225.1M0.6%6 awards
- MANTECH TSG-2 JOINT VENTURE$166.7M0.5%6 awards
- PERATON RISK DECISION INC.$143.7M0.4%1 award
- SIGNATURE CHOICE II, LLC$126.4M0.3%2 awards
- BALFOUR BEATTY CONSTRUCTION, LLC$88.2M0.2%1 award
- SIMVENTIONS INC$67.5M0.2%35 awards
- IST RESEARCH, LLC$59.9M0.2%18 awards
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2024 cycle
- Raised
- $2M
- through Dec 31, 2024
- Cash on hand
- $0
- From committees
- $300.2K
- 120 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $7,000
- 4 PACs · 2% of committee money
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2024
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dairy farmers of america, inc.dairy farmers of america, inc. political action committee; aka dfa-pac | $2,500 | DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $3.3M |
| national community pharmacists associationnational community pharmacists association - pac | $2,500 | NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac | $1,000 | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $5,280 |
| american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac | $1,000 | AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization | $1.2M |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $300.2K | $7,0004 PACs · 2% of committee money |
| 2022 | $9.1M | $1.3M | $38.5K7 PACs · 3% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- House · Virginia's 7th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · Virginia's 7th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · Virginia's 7th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.