Representative · Virginia's 1st district

Robert J. Wittman

Robert J. Wittman is a Republican representative for Virginia's 1st district, in Congress since 2007. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 17, and cast 450 of 461 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Dec 13, 2007
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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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	675	2.5%17 of 675 · rank 166 of 439	98%450 of 461 · rank 268 of 439	230 became law	25%69 of 281
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	1.7%21 of 1,222 · rank 269 of 442	96%810 of 845 · rank 270 of 442	320 became law	21%63 of 294
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	5.3%53 of 997 · rank 34 of 443	97%535 of 551 · rank 284 of 443	330 became law	33%90 of 274

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+0.45+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. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 178–247· Against party
H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 164–268· Against party
H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–291· Against party
H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 163–257· Against party
H.R. 1834: To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.Yea
Jan 8, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 230–196· Against party
H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Nay
Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 194–236· Against party

Recent votes

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

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Virginia's 1st 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: $522.3M
Per resident: $646
Rank in Virginia: 10 of 11
Contract actions: 94.2K; New awards: 93.2K

By fiscal year

606.9MFY2017
808.7MFY2018
746.7MFY2019
742.8MFY2020
637.8MFY2021
635.3MFY2022
707.6MFY2023
626.7MFY2024
654.9MFY2025
522.3MFY2026

Top buyers

Defense Logistics Agency$130.3M25%
Department of Defense
Department of the Navy$126.8M24%
Department of Defense
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$87.7M17%
Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Coast Guard$45.2M8.6%
Department of Homeland Security
Department of the Air Force$23.4M4.5%
Department of Defense
Department of Housing and Urban Development$21.3M4.1%
Department of the Army$19.6M3.8%
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs$17.8M3.4%

Top recipients

OWENS & MINOR DISTRIBUTION INC$117.9M23%
88,094 awards
TRANSOCEANIC CABLE SHIP COMPANY LLC$96.8M19%
3 awards
KALEO, INC.$86.3M17%
1 award
CAPITOL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.$21.3M4.1%
1 award
OCEAN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC$20.9M4.0%
3 awards
MANUS MEDICAL, LLC$12M2.3%
12 awards
SKOOKUM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS$9.5M1.8%
42 awards
PERDIGITA, LLC$7.7M1.5%
1 award
AKIMA FACILITIES OPERATIONS LLC$6.7M1.3%
1 award
THE BIONETICS CORP$6.5M1.2%
1 award

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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: $4.1M; through Jul 15, 2026
Cash on hand: $4.3M
From committees: $1.3M; 273 committees
From contractor PACs: $465.5K; 84 PACs · 37% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$10K	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
general electric companygeneral electric company aerospace employee political action committee (ge aerospace pac)	$10K	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYAI match · 98% · the same organization	$636.3M
ball corporationball corporation political action committee	$10K	BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP.AI match · 99% · of one corporate family	-$182.3K
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$10K	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)	$10K	GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$29.3K
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac	$10K	NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.1B
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$10K	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee	$10K	RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$3.9B
l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac	$10K	L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$115.4M
parsons corporationparsons corporation political action committee	$10K	PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$748M

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$4.1M	$1.3M	$465.5K84 PACs · 37% of committee money
2024	$2.8M	$955.2K	$458.1K76 PACs · 48% of committee money
2022	$2.2M	$705.4K	$318K54 PACs · 45% 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 1st districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Virginia's 1st districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Virginia's 1st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Virginia's 1st districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Virginia's 1st districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
House · Virginia's 1st districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
House · Virginia's 1st districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
House · Virginia's 1st districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
House · Virginia's 1st districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
House · Virginia's 1st districtDec 13, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: wittman.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-4261
Office: 2055 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 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.