Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Robert J. Wittman

Official portrait of Robert J. Wittman
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Virginia’s 1st district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Montross, VA
Born
1959
In Congress
House since 2007 · 18 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
WITTMAN, ROBERT J. MR.
Next election
Primary August 4, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Virginia with the current district highlighted

Virginia, District 1

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Virginia District 1IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8VA01147 · Principal campaign committee: ROB WITTMAN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Virginia District 1$5,432,689.32General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Virginia District 1$2,845,017.73Won the general election (56.3%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Virginia District 1$2,191,153.97Won the general election (56%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Virginia District 1$2,019,992.07Won the general election (58.18%)
Total raised$5,432,689.32
Total spent$6,011,223.42
Cash on hand$797,346.03
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,952,376.90PACs and other committees: $1,510,456.20Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,851,147.08Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $118,709.14
  • Individual contributions$1,952,376.9036%
  • PACs and other committees$1,510,456.2028%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,851,147.0834%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$118,709.142%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$111,916.904%
  • Contributions over $200$2,915,924.3696%
  • Itemized from inside Virginia$1,432,227.4249%
  • Itemized from other states$1,516,822.4251%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $327,612.08 · Texas $277,869.45 · California $202,311.19 · District of Columbia $90,670.16 · New York $77,821.23. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$4.3M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $659,246.49APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $158,811.72JULY QUARTERLY: raised $707,756.68JULY QUARTERLY: spent $189,123.34OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $498,124.41OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $140,068.07YEAR-END: raised $614,954.27YEAR-END: spent $188,965.15APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $918,551.90APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $237,255.80JULY QUARTERLY: raised $617,555.79JULY QUARTERLY: spent $208,015.01PRE-PRIMARY: raised $36,951.98PRE-PRIMARY: spent $13,993.09OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,162,964.68OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $3,265,237.392025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea505
Voted nay152
Did not vote17 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored23
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored283

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 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 Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 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 Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 9640 Earth MRI Reauthorization Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 9, 2026 · Latest action Sep 15, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
  • H.R. 7992 CANS Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Latest action Mar 18, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  • H.R. 7889 AWRC Act of 2025
    Introduced Mar 9, 2026 · Latest action Sep 15, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  • H.R. 7146 PORCUPINE Act
    Introduced Jan 16, 2026 · Latest action Jan 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • H.R. 7126 SECURE Minerals Act of 2026
    Introduced Jan 15, 2026 · Latest action Feb 24, 2026: Subcommittee Hearings Held
  • H.R. 6317 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the "Patricia Paige Post Office".
    Introduced Nov 25, 2025 · Latest action Sep 14, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 611.
  • H.Con.Res. 62 Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to unveil the statue of Barbara Rose Johns.
    Introduced Nov 18, 2025 · Latest action Dec 4, 2025: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • H.Res. 681 Commemorating the service of General Lafayette to the United States on the bicentennial of his farewell tour.
    Introduced Sep 8, 2025 · Latest action Sep 8, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 2969 Finding ORE Act
    Introduced Apr 17, 2025 · Latest action Feb 24, 2026: Subcommittee Hearings Held
  • H.R. 2091 Chesapeake Bay Conservation Acceleration Act of 2025
    Introduced Mar 11, 2025 · Latest action Mar 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

281 committees reported giving $1,288,600.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Robert J. Wittman$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Robert J. Wittman$2,551,363.75

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Virginia U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Robert J. Wittman (R)$5,432,689.32$797,346.032026-10-14
Shannon Leigh Taylor (D)$4,604,761.22$598,734.272026-10-14
Jason Knapp (D)$612,015.50$6,025.342026-09-30
Ata-Ul-Salaam Bhatti (D)$330,090.11$10,607.292026-09-30
Melvin Tull (D)$293,544.95$0.002026-09-30
Lisa Vedernikova Khanna (D)$277,648.13$0.002026-01-30
Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs (D)$198,744.34$0.002026-09-28
Sean Sublette (D)$66,110.85$0.002025-12-08
Andrew Lucchetti (D)$57,728.39$0.002025-08-22
Amanda Pohl (D)$51,417.71$0.002026-02-27

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
The Washington Post/SSPGSeptember 23–28, 2026609 (LV)±4.5%Rob Wittman 46% · Shannon Taylor 50%
DCCC Targeting Team (D)September 15–17, 2026519 (LV)± 4.3%Rob Wittman 47% · Shannon Taylor 46%
Public Policy Polling (D)August 8–9, 2025541 (RV)± 4.2%Rob Wittman 41% · Shannon Taylor 40%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: ROB WITTMAN FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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