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Politician
RepublicanMichael Lewis Van Meter
Unknown Office · Virginia · Republican
Compared with
DemocratJames R. Walkinshaw
U.S. Representative · Virginia · Democrat
- Office
- Unknown Office
- District
- Virginia
- State
- Virginia
Promise scorecard · 0 tracked
No promises have been rated yet. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are not scored.
Integrity Score: signed average of per-rating credit × 100, weighted by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is reported separately from popularity. Methodology is open.
- Office
- U.S. Representative
- District
- Virginia's 11th district
- State
- Virginia
Promise scorecard · 0 tracked
No promises have been rated yet. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are not scored.
Integrity Score: signed average of per-rating credit × 100, weighted by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is reported separately from popularity. Methodology is open.
By the record
Sourced Layer-1 facts — what each official has actually done in office. Neutral: figures stand on their own, never scored against each other.
| Michael Lewis Van Meter | James R. Walkinshaw | |
|---|---|---|
| Roll-call votes cast | — | 366 |
| Voted Yea / Nay | — | 166 / 196 |
| Votes against own party | — | 2% |
| Bills sponsored (118th–119th) | — | 18 |
| Of those, became law | — | 0 |
| Raised (latest cycle) | — | $2.3M |
Sources: Voteview (votes), Congress.gov (bills), FEC (finance). Independence = share of party-line votes cast against the member’s own party majority.
Where they stand — declared issues
Issues where both have a stated position or a tracked promise, shown side by side. These are their own claims — judged separately from whether they kept them.
No shared declared issues yet.
Michael Lewis Van Meter and James R. Walkinshaw don’t yet have any topic in common on which both have a stated position or a tracked promise — so there’s nothing to compare issue-by-issue here. That usually just means coverage is still thin. You can help add their sourced positions and promises.