Former representative · Virginia's 11th district

Gerald E. Connolly

Gerald E. Connolly served in Congress from 2009 to 2025, last as a Democratic representative for Virginia's 11th district. In the 119th Congress, 136 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 40, and cast 62 of 63 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Former
In Congress since: Jan 6, 2009
Last term ended: May 21, 2025

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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

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
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	136	29.4%40 of 136 · rank 3 of 439	98%62 of 63 · rank 211 of 439	272 became law	18%27 of 154
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	3.6%44 of 1,222 · rank 144 of 442	99%804 of 815 · rank 144 of 442	470 became law	18%87 of 492
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.3%3 of 997 · rank 368 of 443	99%565 of 572 · rank 152 of 443	563 became law	5%33 of 632

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 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.31+1 Conservative

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.

H.R. 1156: Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement ActYea
Mar 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 295–127· Against party
S. 2228: Building Chips in America Act of 2023Yea
Sep 23, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 257–125· Against party
H.R. 8771: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025Yea
Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 257–154· Against party
H.R. 8070: Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025Yea
Jun 14, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 272–144· Against party
H.R. 6046: Standing Against Houthi Aggression ActYea
Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 285–135· Against party
H.R. 2799: Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023Yea
Mar 7, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 301–125· Against party
H.Res. 927: Condemning antisemitism on University campuses and the testimony of University Presidents in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.Yea
Dec 13, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 303–126· Against party
H.R. 4394: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
Oct 26, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 121–299· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S.J.Res. 13: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Department of the Treasury relating to the review of applications under the Bank Merger Act.Not voting
May 20, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 220–207
H.R. 1223: ANCHOR ActNot voting
May 20, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 412–11
H.R. 1286: Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims ActNot voting
May 19, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 386–1
H.R. 1263: Strengthening the Quad ActNot voting
May 19, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 334–51
H.R. 2240: Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data ActNot voting
May 15, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 403–11
H.R. 2255: Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act of 2025Not voting
May 15, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 234–182
H.Res. 352: Calling on elected officials and civil society leaders to counter antisemitism and educate the public on the contributions of the Jewish American community.Not voting
May 14, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 421–1
H.R. 2243: LEOSA Reform ActNot voting
May 14, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 229–193
H.R. 2215: Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study ActNot voting
May 14, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–31
H.R. 249: To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.Not voting
May 13, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 362–50
H.Con.Res. 30: Expressing support for local law enforcement officers.Not voting
May 13, 2025· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree· Passed 411–1
H.R. 276: Gulf of America ActNot voting
May 8, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 211–206

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 11th 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: $28.9B
Per resident: $37,107
Rank in Virginia: 2 of 11
Contract actions: 55.7K; New awards: 20.3K

By fiscal year

19.3BFY2017
21.3BFY2018
22.2BFY2019
23.7BFY2020
24.4BFY2021
27.2BFY2022
30.6BFY2023
33.2BFY2024
33.1BFY2025
28.9BFY2026

Top buyers

Department of the Air Force$3B10%
Department of Defense
Federal Acquisition Service$2.7B9.2%
General Services Administration
Department of the Army$2.4B8.4%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$2B6.9%
Department of the Navy$1.9B6.7%
Department of Defense
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$1.6B5.4%
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of State$1.3B4.5%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$1.1B3.8%
Department of Homeland Security

Top recipients

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$1.4B4.8%
366 awards
LEIDOS, INC.$1.3B4.4%
2,784 awards
CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$1.1B3.8%
770 awards
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$979.4M3.4%
214 awards
AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$792.9M2.7%
618 awards
THE MITRE CORPORATION$790.2M2.7%
246 awards
CGI FEDERAL INC.$765.3M2.7%
169 awards
PERATON INC.$687.2M2.4%
140 awards
THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$612.3M2.1%
633 awards
HII MISSION TECHNOLOGIES CORP$608M2.1%
18 awards

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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.

2026 cycle

Raised: $718.8K; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $0
From committees: $160K; 72 committees
From contractor PACs: $50.5K; 22 PACs · 32% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac	$5,000	INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5,280
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)	$5,000	GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$29.3K
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac	$5,000	NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.1B
science applications international corporationscience applications international corporation voluntary political action committee	$5,000	SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$3.4B
serco inc.serco inc. political action committee (serco pac)	$5,000	SERCO INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$1B
caci international inccaci international inc political action committee (caci pac)	$5,000	CACI INTERNATIONAL INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$34.1M
dominion energy, inc.dominion energy, inc. political action committee - dominion pac	$2,500	DOMINION ENERGY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$25.5K
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac	$2,000	AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization	$1.2M
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)	$2,000	AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	-$3,412
booz allen hamilton inc.booz allen hamilton inc. pac (booz allen pac)	$2,000	BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$5.6B

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$718.8K	$160K	$50.5K22 PACs · 32% of committee money
2024	$2.5M	$867.7K	$273K56 PACs · 31% of committee money
2022	$2.1M	$816.7K	$240.5K54 PACs · 29% 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 11th districtJan 3, 2025 – May 21, 2025
House · Virginia's 11th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Virginia's 11th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Virginia's 11th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Virginia's 11th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
House · Virginia's 11th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
House · Virginia's 11th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
House · Virginia's 11th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
House · Virginia's 11th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011

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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 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.