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U.S. Representative · Virginia 11th District
James R. Walkinshaw
DemocratDistrict D+18119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score17#419 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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 35 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 35 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 12, H.Con.Res. 38, H.R. 530, H.R. 842, H.R. 909 and 30 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 12 Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 38 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 530 ACES Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 909 Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
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
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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 651–700 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. 4079PEARL ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 24
| Entrenched |
| S.J.Res. 99 |