Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Ben Cline
- 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
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Virginia, District 6
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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H8VA06104 · Principal campaign committee: BEN CLINE FOR CONGRESS, INC.
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Virginia District 6 | $1,908,289.13 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Virginia District 6 | $1,030,467.03 | Won the general election (63.1%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Virginia District 6 | $993,251.50 | Won the general election (64.4%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Virginia District 6 | $900,313.05 | Won the general election (64.6%) |
Total raised$900,313.05
Total spent$680,286.14
Cash on hand$238,774.44
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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$534,285.3659%
- PACs and other committees$361,470.0040%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,557.691%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Appropriations
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- House Committee on the Budget
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
- The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture
- National Security Agency and Cyber
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
138 committees reported giving $367,665.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDLeadership PAC$10,178.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$8,000.00
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITEE/TURPAC Company pagePAC$7,500.00
- DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$7,500.00
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)PAC$6,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- AT&T INC./WARNERMEDIA LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T/WARNERMEDIA FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HIIPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
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- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- DOMINION ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - DOMINION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- THE GOOD FUNDPAC$4,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC. Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CANDY PAC)Connected PAC$3,500.00
- NCTA - THE INTERNET AND TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTA PAC)PAC$3,500.00
- NIKE INC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NIKE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)Connected PAC$3,500.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- INTELLECTUAL VENTURES DCP, INC. PAC (INTELLECTUAL VENTURES PAC)PAC$3,500.00
- THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (ACRE) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- JBS USA LLC PACConnected PAC$3,000.00
- PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$3,000.00
- SERCO INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SERCO PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INCConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS EMPLOYEES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BLOOMIN' BRANDS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION PAC (AAHOA PAC) Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL UTILITY CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION AND ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- CITIGROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (CITIGROUP PAC-FEDERAL) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL PAPER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IP-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- EMPLOYEES OF RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- TARGET CORPORATION CITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM (TARGETCITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- UNITED AIRLINES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- INTEL CORPORATION EMPLOYEE GOVERNMENT ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA - PRUDENTIAL FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA) PACPAC$2,000.00
- CAP-PAC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION INC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- MCGUIREWOODS FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION ROOF PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- IHEARTMEDIA INC. PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP EMPLOYEE ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMERIPRISEPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY USA LLC PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- FREEDOM FIRST PACPAC$2,000.00
- VIRGINIA POULTRY GROWERS COOPERATIVE INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF MATT GAETZCandidate committee$2,000.00
- VALLEY VICTORY FUND; THEPAC$2,000.00
- THE HERSHEY COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC PAC (IEC PRIDE PAC) Company pagePAC$1,500.00
- COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (COGNIZANT PAC)PAC$1,500.00
- NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NEXSTAR PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- BAKEPAC - THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INDEPENDENT BAKERS ASSOCIATIONPAC$1,250.00
- THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN BAKERS ASSOCIATION AMERICAN BAKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NORTH AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION - PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CORNING INCORPORATED EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (COREPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; RAI PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CARGILL, INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GDC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AMERICAN BEVERAGE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- COALPAC, A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATIONConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BLANK ROME PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTPAC$1,000.00
- ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTSConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH UNDERWRITERS PAC (HUPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC. PAC (ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY EMPLOYEES GOOD GOVERNMENT FEDERAL FUND II Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INTA PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- BHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TREE CARE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, INC PAC (THE VOICE FOR TREES PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- FRAMATOME INC PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FRATERNITY & SORORITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ITI PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- THOROUGHBRED PACPAC$1,000.00
- GOOGLE LLC NETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NEW PIONEERS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CCA PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION GROCERS PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PAC (AAP PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANGERS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NARPM PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A.K.A. GRAMMY FUND FOR MUSIC CREATORS)PAC$1,000.00
- CONTURA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NEW MISSION LEADERSHIP FUND INCPAC$1,000.00
- AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC)PAC$750.00
- T-MOBILE US, INC./SPRINT CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$500.00
- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- AKSM UROLOGY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 'AKSM UROLOGY PAC'Connected PAC$500.00
- TELADOC HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- UNIVERSAL LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY, INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FEDERAL) Company pageConnected PAC$250.00
- COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CCAGW PAC)Connected PAC$237.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Benjamin Lee Cline$8,733.65
- Independent expenditures opposing Benjamin Lee Cline$750.00
FEC totals for the 2020 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.
- AMERICAN MAJORITY ACTION INC.Supporting$7,878.00
- HOUSE FREEDOM FUNDSupporting$847.00
- TOGETHER WE THRIVEOpposing$750.00
The race
Virginia U.S. House, District 6, 2020 · 2 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Lee Cline (R) | $900,313.05 | $238,774.44 | 2020-12-31 |
| Nicholas Betts (D) | $59,690.44 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
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Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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