Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Ben Cline

Official portrait of Ben Cline
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Virginia’s 6th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Botetourt, VA
Born
1972
In Congress
House since 2019 · 7 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CLINE, BENJAMIN LEE
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 6

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

RepublicanU.S. House · Virginia District 6IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8VA06104 · Principal campaign committee: BEN CLINE FOR CONGRESS, INC.

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Virginia District 6$1,908,289.13General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Virginia District 6$1,030,467.03Won the general election (63.1%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Virginia District 6$993,251.50Won the general election (64.4%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Virginia District 6$900,313.05Won the general election (64.6%)
Total raised$1,908,289.13
Total spent$1,709,308.30
Cash on hand$527,302.86
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: $984,420.36PACs and other committees: $780,866.73Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $138,718.44Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $4,283.60
  • Individual contributions$984,420.3652%
  • PACs and other committees$780,866.7341%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$138,718.447%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,283.600%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$81,948.859%
  • Contributions over $200$793,146.3591%
  • Itemized from inside Virginia$612,365.7576%
  • Itemized from other states$188,313.6224%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $31,240.70 · Texas $24,139.36 · Florida $21,487.50 · District of Columbia $20,500.00 · Maryland $12,487.50. 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

$770K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $121,131.07APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $127,150.66JULY QUARTERLY: raised $230,274.46JULY QUARTERLY: spent $124,598.69OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $94,843.99OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $122,085.49YEAR-END: raised $200,554.19YEAR-END: spent $80,096.85APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $378,593.62APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $243,964.36JULY QUARTERLY: raised $388,164.50JULY QUARTERLY: spent $274,348.88PRE-PRIMARY: raised $27,874.55PRE-PRIMARY: spent $86,071.91OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $419,854.78OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $427,460.352025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea524
Voted nay143
Did not vote7 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored30
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored278

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. 10843 VACRA
    Introduced Oct 19, 2026 · Latest action Oct 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 10016 Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 3, 2026 · Latest action Aug 3, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
  • H.R. 9701 Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act.
    Introduced Jul 15, 2026 · Latest action Jul 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 8787 Servicemember Payment Data Privacy and Security Act
    Introduced May 13, 2026 · Latest action May 13, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 8570 Cost Estimate Clarity Act
    Introduced Apr 29, 2026 · Latest action Apr 29, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case f…
  • H.R. 8569 No Bias in the Baseline Act
    Introduced Apr 29, 2026 · Latest action Apr 29, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
  • H.R. 8077 287(g) Cooperation Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 25, 2026 · Latest action Mar 25, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 7900 Protecting Access to American Products Act
    Introduced Mar 12, 2026 · Latest action Mar 13, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
  • H.R. 7730 Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act
    Introduced Feb 26, 2026 · Latest action Oct 14, 2026: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • H.R. 7687 No Tax on Takings Act
    Introduced Feb 25, 2026 · Latest action Feb 25, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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

202 committees reported giving $653,770.00 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.

Show all 202 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Benjamin Lee Cline$6,848.03
  • Independent expenditures opposing Benjamin Lee Cline$0.00

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 6, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Benjamin Lee Cline (R)$1,908,289.13$527,302.862026-10-14
Beth Macy (D)$2,634,642.25$525,138.632026-09-30
Ken Mitchell (D)$179,514.42$23,049.462026-07-13
Pete Hamilton Barlow (D)$130,998.91$5,611.622026-09-30
Wendy Gooditis (D)$52,710.00$0.002026-04-15

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RMay 8, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMay 8, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RMay 8, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
co/efficient (R)September 28–30, 2026791 (LV)± 3.47%Ben Cline 59% · Beth Macy 29%

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: BEN CLINE FOR CONGRESS, INC..
  • 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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