Ben Cline
Ben Cline is a Republican incumbent in Virginia's 6th district. $1.4M raised, $1.1M spent, $711K cash through Jul 15, 2026. On the November ballot
Campaign finance$1.4M raised
| Measure | Amount |
|---|---|
| Raised (total receipts) | $1,441,436 |
| Spent (disbursements) | $1,058,317 |
| Cash on hand | $711,442 |
| Debts owed by campaign | $0 |
| Filing covers through | Jul 15, 2026 |
Reported Self-reported to the FEC.
Record in Congressage 54 · 4 terms · votes right of 94% of the House
Voting record
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension) | +0.71 |
| Votes more conservative than | 94% of House members |
| Democratic median / Republican median | -0.40 / +0.53 |
| Roll-call votes counted | 570 |
Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.
Official House website · Official biography (Congress)
Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.
Financial disclosurepartly read, filed 2026-08-07
Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-08-07. We could read 16 of the 17 asset lines in this report, so we show those and no totals: a total from a partial read would mislead. Open the official report (PDF)
| Asset | Type code | Owner | Value range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Botetourt CD | BA | JT | $250K to $500K |
| D : Investment of proceeds from sale of rental property. Congressional Credit Union Accounts | BA | JT | $1,001 to $15K |
| Wells Fargo Bank Accounts | BA | JT | $100K to $250K |
| Edward Jones Roth IRA ⇒ American Funds Fundamental Investors Fund Class A | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Edward Jones Roth IRA ⇒ American Funds Growth Fund Class A | MF | self | $15K to $50K |
| Edward Jones Roth IRA ⇒ American Funds New Perspective Fund Class A | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Edward Jones Roth IRA ⇒ American Funds Smallcap World Funds Class A | MF | self | $1,001 to $15K |
| Vanguard ⇒ SP $15,001 - $50,000 Tax-Deferred Clear Bridge Large Cap Growth I [MF] Vanguard ⇒ Emerging Markets Fund Class A (REMAX) | MF | SP | $50K to $100K |
| Vanguard ⇒ Federated Hermes Institutional High Yield Bond Fund Institutional Shares (FIHBX) | MF | SP | $50K to $100K |
| Vanguard ⇒ First Eagle Global Funds Class I | MF | SP | $15K to $50K |
| Vanguard ⇒ Janus Henderson European Focus I | MF | SP | $15K to $50K |
| Vanguard ⇒ PIMCO Income Fund Class I-2 (PONPX) | MF | SP | $15K to $50K |
| Vanguard ⇒ Vanguard Cash Reserves Federal Money Market Inv | MF | SP | $1 to $1,000 |
| Vanguard ⇒ Vanguard Windsor II Fund (VWNFX) | MF | SP | $15K to $50K |
| Vanguard ⇒ Virtus Duff & Phelps Real Estate Sec 1 | MF | SP | $15K to $50K |
| Virginia Retirement System ⇒ VRS Account | DB | self | $15K to $50K |
Reported Values are bands, as filed. Parsed automatically; the PDF is the record.
Public attention4,592 views in 30 days
Share of views in this race
| Candidate | Views, 30 days | Share of the candidates with an article |
|---|---|---|
| Beth Macy | 7,015 | 60% |
| Ben Cline | 4,592 | 40% |
Reported Page views of Ben Cline on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.
Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
| Source of money | Amount | Share of receipts |
|---|---|---|
| Individual donors | $725,922 | 50.4% |
| PACs and other committees | $597,760 | 41.5% |
| Other (refunds, transfers, loans) | $117,754 | 8.2% |
This raceVA-06, rank #2 of 2
Ben Cline ranks #2 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.
Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record
Sources and methodFEC
All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jul 15, 2026. FEC ID H8VA06104, committee C00661561. Filed with the FEC as Benjamin Lee Cline. View the official record.
Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.