Representative · Virginia's 11th district
James R. Walkinshaw
James R. Walkinshaw is a Democratic representative for Virginia's 11th district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 432 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 2, and cast 306 of 312 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- House
- Current
- In Congress since
- Sep 10, 2025
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027
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 | 432 | 0.5%2 of 432 · rank 369 of 439 | 98%306 of 312 · rank 235 of 439 | 250 became law | 23%88 of 382 |
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 −1−0.43+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.
- Jul 21, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 270–155· Against party
- Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
- Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
- Mar 27, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 247–164· Against party
- H.R. 3383: Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025YeaDec 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 302–123· Against party
- Nov 21, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 285–98· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
- Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
- Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
25 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced2392%
- Passed one chamber28.0%
Policy areas
- Government Operations and Politics10
- International Affairs4
- Armed Forces and National Security3
- Congress2
- Crime and Law Enforcement2
- Health1
- Science, Technology, Communications1
- Taxation1
Latest activity
- H.R. 10718 Federal Employee Records Relief ActIntroduced· Oct 1, 2026
- H.R. 10474 CISA Force Structure Assessment ActIntroduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Sep 16, 2026
- H.R. 10473 Justice for Ukrainian Children ActIntroduced· International Affairs· Sep 16, 2026
- H.R. 6332 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10660 Page Avenue in Fairfax, Virginia, as the "Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building".Passed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 14, 2026
- H.R. 10376 Telehealth Reporting and Transparency Act of 2026Introduced· Health· Sep 14, 2026
- H.R. 9888 Military Installation Readiness and Resilience Act of 2026Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jul 22, 2026
- H.R. 9887 Swatting Registry Best Practices ActIntroduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jul 22, 2026
- H.R. 9886 Federal Facilities Indoor Air Quality Assessment ActIntroduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jul 22, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
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
- $37,218
- Rank in Virginia
- 2 of 11
- Contract actions
- 55.9K
- New awards: 20.3K
By fiscal year
- 19.3BFY2017
- 21.3BFY2018
- 22.2BFY2019
- 23.7BFY2020
- 24.4BFY2021
- 27.2BFY2022
- 30.6BFY2023
- 33.1BFY2024
- 33.1BFY2025
- 28.9BFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Defense
- Federal Acquisition Service$2.7B9.2%General Services Administration
- Department of the Army$2.4B8.4%Department of Defense
- Department of the Navy$1.9B6.7%Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of State$1.3B4.6%
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection$1.1B3.8%Department of Homeland Security
Top recipients
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$1.4B4.8%367 awards
- LEIDOS, INC.$1.3B4.4%2,784 awards
- CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$1.1B3.8%776 awards
- 214 awards
- AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$792.9M2.7%618 awards
- THE MITRE CORPORATION$790.1M2.7%246 awards
- CGI FEDERAL INC.$766.1M2.6%169 awards
- PERATON INC.$702.7M2.4%140 awards
- THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$617.3M2.1%638 awards
- HII MISSION TECHNOLOGIES CORP$608M2.1%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.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $2.8M
- through Jul 15, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $979.2K
- From committees
- $963.8K
- 201 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $246.5K
- 52 PACs · 26% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac | $20K | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $115.4M |
| international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac | $17.5K | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $5,280 |
| science applications international corporationscience applications international corporation voluntary political action committee | $15K | SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $3.5B |
| transdigm group inc.transdigm group inc. employee political action committee | $15K | TRANSDIGM INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $5.1M |
| the guidehouse inc.the guidehouse inc. political action committee (guidehouse pac) | $15K | GUIDEHOUSE INC.AI match · 98% · the same organization | $710.5M |
| american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac | $10K | AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization | $1.2M |
| dominion energy, inc.dominion energy, inc. political action committee - dominion pac | $10K | DOMINION ENERGY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $25.5K |
| leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee | $10K | LEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization | $1.1B |
| international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee | $9,000 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization | — |
| general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac) | $7,500 | GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $29.3K |
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 districtSep 10, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- walkinshaw.house.gov
- Phone
- 202-225-1492
- Office
- 2265 Rayburn House Office Building
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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.