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John J. McGuire III

RepublicanJohn J. McGuire III

U.S. Representative · Virginia

Virginia's 5th district

RepublicanFederal

U.S. Representative from Virginia

0 tracked promises

Virginia · Virginia's 5th district

Virginia's 5th district

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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).

57.3%
Win share
249,564
Votes for winner
435,839
Total cast
  • John J. McGuire Iii · Republican57.3%
  • Gloria Tinsley Witt · Democrat42.3%
  • 1 Other Candidate0.5%

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.

Showing 2024. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$524K
Raised, 20222026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$125K$250K$375K$500K2022: raised $262K2022: spent $262K20222026: raised $262K2026: spent $262K20262022: cash on hand $02026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $7K (4%)Large individual (itemized): $196K (96%)96%PAC / committee: $0 (0%)
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$7K4%
  • Large individual (itemized)$196K96%
  • PAC / committee$00%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Voting record

Total votes
609
Yea
459
Nay
140
Present
0
Not voting
10

Full voting record

609 votes
120 of 609
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Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Stated positions

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Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

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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