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DemocratDonald S. Beyer, Jr.
U.S. Representative · Virginia
Virginia's 8th district
U.S. Representative from Virginia
0 tracked promises
Running against
How they won their seat
Donald S Beyer Jr won the 2020 U.S. House election in Virginia (District 8) with 75.8% of the vote (301,454 votes).
- Donald S Beyer Jr · Democrat75.8%301,454
- Jeff A Jordan · Republican24%95,365
- 1 Other Candidate0.2%926
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
The record shows legislative activity related to technology and infrastructure, particularly in areas such as artificial intelligence, rail systems, and environmental impacts. Notable sponsored bills include the AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2026 and the Rail Motive Power Source Integration Act of 2026. Additionally, there is a pattern of engagement with economic issues, as seen in the Millionaires Surtax Act and the Working Americans’ Tax Cut Act. Focus areas (from the record): Technology · Infrastructure · Environmental Policy · Economic Policy · Healthcare Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against the inferred activity patterns. Therefore, it is not possible to assess alignment. What this can't tell you: Effectiveness of the sponsored bills is not assessed based on available data; Stated goals or intentions are not available in the record; The impact of campaign finance sources is not assessed based on available data. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Donald S. Beyer, Jr. has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2024. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Donald S. Beyer, Jr. has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 24
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$124K6%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.0M52%
- PAC / committee$798K41%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Joint Economic CommitteeOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Ways and MeansOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Ways and Means — TradeOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Ways and Means — TaxOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
236 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,628,107, spent $1,429,766, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9730: To expedite the rehiring of certain former career members of the Foreign Service, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 16, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9729: To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the use of autonomous weapons systems and artificial intelligence-enabled systems by the Armed Forces is subject to appropriate levels of human command responsibility, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 16, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9696: To improve the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of diagnosis in health care, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 15, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9622: Modernizing Aeronautical Standards Act ↗Jul 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9261: Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9213: American Electric Rail Mapping Act of 2026 ↗Jun 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9182: Southeastern Rail Technologies Mapping Act of 2026 ↗Jun 8, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9183: Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2026 ↗Jun 8, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9181: Rail Motive Power Source Integration Act of 2026 ↗Jun 8, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9047: Arlington National Cemetery Viewshed Protection Act ↗May 29, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9023: CLEAN UP Mines Act of 2026 ↗May 26, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8919: To nullify the decision and order of the Endangered Species Committee with respect to certain oil and gas activities, and for other purposes. ↗May 20, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 236 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 256
- Nay
- 338
- Present
- 2
- Not voting
- 13
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Yea
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR139Nay
- HRES1423Nay
- HRES1423Nay
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Yea
- HRES1398Nay
- HRES1398Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
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Disclosure
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No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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