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U.S. Representative · Virginia 11th District
James R. Walkinshaw
DemocratDistrict D+18119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score17#420 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact James R. Walkinshaw’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2265 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4611
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 9 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 9 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 530, H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262 and 4 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.428 (party median -0.393; rank 132 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 100 (avg 96).
- MediumSafe Democratic district: VA-11 is D+18VA-11 has a partisan lean of D+18 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- September 10, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 1.1 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Homeland SecurityMinority · 12th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection
- Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement
- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformMinority · 18th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs
- Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Walkinshaw← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.428 is 0.03 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 884To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 44
| Middle |
| H.R. 8428 |