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Ben Cline

Ben Cline

RRepublicanVA-6 · Representative
60
/ 100
Average
Attendance99
Avg: 96
Independence6
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone14
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency75
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Ben Cline

Ben Cline

RepublicanVA-6 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.713)
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Ben Cline is a Republican Representative from VA, District 6. He has served 7 years in Congress across 4 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 94% of the time.

7
Years in Office
4
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

94%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
33 votes against party
1.4%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
14
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Ben Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty-1.9% vs avg
94%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-2.2% vs avg
1.4%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored+1.0 vs avg
14
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on AppropriationsHouse Committee on the BudgetHouse Committee on the JudiciaryHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$655,823
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,025,397
Total Receiptsⓘ
$697,896
Disbursementsⓘ
$487,292
Individual Donors
$443,395
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2019–2027House · VA-6 · RepublicanCurrent

District Demographics

VA-6 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

786,774
Population
$70,243
Median Income
40.0
Median Age
27.9%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 80.6%Black 8.3%Hispanic 8.2%Asian 1.6%