U.S. House · Virginia, District 9

Rep. H. Morgan Griffith

Republican Serving since Jan. 5, 2011Term ends Jan. 3, 2027
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Votes with own party 98% About as expected Lower than 134 of 219 House Republicans Votes with the President 99% About as expected 99% on legislation only Bipartisan bills led 10 More than 39% of House members Liberal-to-conservative rank 72ndpercentile in all of Congress · 45th percentile among Republicans

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Griffith
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

H. Morgan Griffith's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress72ndpercentile
More conservative than 71% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
150th most conservative of 531
Republicans in Congress45thpercentile
More liberal than 54% of Republicans in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
123rd most liberal of 272
The House73rdpercentile
More conservative than 72% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
119th most conservative of 431

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
98%
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 98%

Lower than 134 of 219 House Republicans.

Actual98%
Expected99%
DifferenceAbout the same

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is H. Morgan Griffith. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 471 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 95%See the 471 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
99%all votes
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 100%

Lower than 159 of 219 House Republicans.

Actual99%
Expected99%
DifferenceAbout the same

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is H. Morgan Griffith. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 142 votes99% on legislation onlySee the 142 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where H. Morgan Griffith went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how H. Morgan Griffith voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

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How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 27.6%Trump 71.6%

Virginia's district lines are not changing for the next Congress.

Contact

Phone
202-225-3861
Office
2110 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4609

Issue by issue

How often H. Morgan Griffith votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

H. Morgan Griffith sides with their party least often on Agriculture and Food (88%).

H. Morgan GriffithAverage for House Republicans
  1. Agriculture and Food 88%Average 87% · 8 votes
  2. Economics and Public Finance 90%Average 91% · 62 votes
  3. Finance and Financial Sector 92%Average 99% · 13 votes
  4. Armed Forces and National Security 93%Average 96% · 41 votes
  5. Environmental Protection 96%Average 98% · 27 votes
  6. Congress 100%Average 99% · 112 votes
  7. Energy 100%Average 100% · 38 votes
  8. Crime and Law Enforcement 100%Average 100% · 28 votes
  9. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 100% · 19 votes
  10. International Affairs 100%Average 98% · 16 votes
  11. Government Operations and Politics 100%Average 100% · 20 votes
  12. Immigration 100%Average 100% · 15 votes
  13. Education 100%Average 100% · 12 votes
  14. Labor and Employment 100%Average 97% · 12 votes
  15. Commerce 100%Average 100% · 8 votes
  16. Law 100%Average 100% · 6 votes
  17. Health 100%Average 100% · 7 votes

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Emergency Management (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

0 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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