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RepublicanJohn J. McGuire III
U.S. Representative · Virginia
Virginia's 5th district
U.S. Representative from Virginia
0 tracked promises
Running against
How they won their seat
John J. McGuire Iii won the 2024 U.S. House election in Virginia (District 5) with 57.3% of the vote (249,564 votes).
- John J. McGuire Iii · Republican57.3%249,564
- Gloria Tinsley Witt · Democrat42.3%184,229
- 1 Other Candidate0.5%2,046
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
John J. McGuire III's record includes membership in the House Committee on Armed Services and sponsorship of bills such as the 'Peace Through Strength Act of 2025' and the 'Border Wall Status Act'. He has also sponsored legislation related to education and human trafficking, including a resolution honoring Sweet Briar College and support for 'National Human Trafficking Prevention Month'. Focus areas (from the record): Military · Defense · Education · Human Trafficking · Government Oversight Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against McGuire's legislative activities, limiting the ability to assess alignment. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal any declared positions or promises that could provide context for his legislative actions; There is no information on the effectiveness of the sponsored bills or their reception in Congress; The record does not indicate any potential unlogged work or informal activities that may influence his legislative priorities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. John J. McGuire III 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.
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Activity in office
What John J. McGuire III 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.
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$7K4%
- Large individual (itemized)$196K96%
- PAC / committee$00%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Armed ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform — Military and Foreign AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform — Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government InnovationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Armed Services — Tactical Air and Land ForcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform — Health Care and Financial ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Armed Services — Cyber, Information Technologies, and InnovationOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
21 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 $262,011, spent $262,011, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9756: To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide medication assisted treatment for opioid addiction to certain women. ↗Jul 16, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9633: Birthright Citizenship Clarification Act of 2026 ↗Jul 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9522: National Patriot Day Remembrance Flag Act ↗Jun 29, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8843: FAFO Act ↗May 15, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7935: Shall Not Be Infringed Act of 2026 ↗Mar 16, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1053: Honoring Sweet Briar College on the 125th anniversary of its founding. ↗Feb 10, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7368: Riley Gaines Act ↗Feb 4, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1024: Expressing support for the designation of January 2026 as "National Human Trafficking Prevention Month". ↗Jan 30, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7185: Home Savings Act ↗Jan 21, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7051: American Dream Act ↗Jan 14, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6365: Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act ↗Dec 2, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 859: Honoring Hampden-Sydney College on the 250th anniversary of its founding. ↗Nov 4, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 21 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 459
- Nay
- 140
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 10
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Nay
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Yea
- HR1181Yea
- HR1181Nay
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Nay
- HRES1398Yea
- HRES1398Yea
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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