U.S. House · Virginia, District 11

Rep. James R. Walkinshaw

Democrat Serving since Sept. 10, 2025Term ends Jan. 3, 2027

Where they sit

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

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

James R. Walkinshaw'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 Congress18thpercentile
More liberal than 82% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
96th most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress37thpercentile
More liberal than 63% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
96th most liberal of 259
The House19thpercentile
More liberal than 81% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
81st most liberal 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%
Q3 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 94%

Lower than 113 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual98%
Expected98%
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 James R. Walkinshaw. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 312 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 97%See the 312 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
10%all votes
Q3 2025: 0% → Q3 2026: 12%

Higher than 120 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual10%
Expected9%
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 James R. Walkinshaw. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 90 votes10% on legislation onlySee the 90 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where James R. Walkinshaw 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 James R. Walkinshaw 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

How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 65.7%Trump 31.4%

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

Contact

Phone
202-225-1492
Office
2265 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4611

Issue by issue

How often James R. Walkinshaw 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.

James R. Walkinshaw sides with their party least often on Finance and Financial Sector (71%).

James R. WalkinshawAverage for House Democrats
  1. Finance and Financial Sector 71%Average 88% · 7 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  2. Government Operations and Politics 91%Average 92% · 11 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  3. Economics and Public Finance 97%Average 99% · 33 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  4. Armed Forces and National Security 97%Average 97% · 39 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  5. Congress 100%Average 100% · 66 votes on Congress
  6. Energy 100%Average 96% · 30 votes on Energy
  7. Environmental Protection 100%Average 96% · 21 votes on Environmental Protection
  8. Crime and Law Enforcement 100%Average 89% · 16 votes on Crime and Law Enforcement
  9. International Affairs 100%Average 96% · 15 votes on International Affairs
  10. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 98% · 9 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  11. Immigration 100%Average 91% · 7 votes on Immigration
  12. Education 100%Average 89% · 9 votes on Education
  13. Labor and Employment 100%Average 97% · 11 votes on Labor and Employment
  14. Agriculture and Food 100%Average 94% · 8 votes on Agriculture and Food
  15. Health 100%Average 100% · 5 votes on Health

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

Bipartisan bills led

2 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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