Official portrait of Ben Cline
U.S. House

Ben Cline

U.S. Representative for Virginia’s 6th District

Party
Republican
In office since
January 3, 2019
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for the House in VA-6

Candidates registered with the FEC for VA-6 in 2026
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Beth MacyDemocrat$1.7M$847K
Ben ClineIncumbentRepublican$1.4M$711K
Ken MitchellDemocrat$180K$23K
Pete Hamilton BarlowDemocrat$131K$7,227
Wendy GooditisDemocrat$53K$0

From Federal Election Commission filings, reported through July 15, 2026. FEC records show who registered and raised money, not who won a primary or qualified for the ballot. Your state election office publishes the official ballot.

Committee assignments4
  • House Committee on Appropriations
    • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
    • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
  • House Committee on the Budget
  • House Committee on the Judiciary
    • Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
    • The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
    • National Security Agency and Cyber
    • Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture
Contact
Washington office
2443 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4606

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.

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