James R. Walkinshaw

DemocratDistrict D+18119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score30#273 of 433 representatives across tracked bills

Contact James R. Walkinshaw’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-225-1492 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

2265 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4611

Model

v3defaultv2

Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

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

Strong
Backs 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

Medium
Votes 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).
Medium
Safe 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 dataset

On 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 Security
Minority · 12th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection
- Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Minority · 18th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs
- Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D 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

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House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for James R. Walkinshaw on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.Res. 719Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.Summary on Congress.gov	No position yet	47 Broke with party on 9% of 8 similar votes Sits on a committee of referral	Middle
H.R. 6329Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025