KNOW YOUR SENATOR

2026 race — Virginia — 11th District

15 candidates have filed with the FEC for this seat, including the incumbent, James R. Walkinshaw (D).

Who is running

Statutory candidates on file with the FEC. Challengers keep filing all cycle and primaries run into September, so this is a snapshot of who has filed — not a final ballot.

D Democratic (11)

R Republican (4)

How the incumbent has voted, by issue

Every roll call James R. Walkinshaw cast this Congress, grouped by the bill's official policy area (the Congressional Research Service subject assigned on congress.gov). These are votes, not stated positions — no stance is inferred from them.

Congress21 yea · 72 nay of 93
  • NayH.R. 7008On Passage (Jul 2026)
  • NoH.Res. 1438On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
  • NoH.Res. 1423On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
  • YeaH.Res. 1399On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jun 2026)
Armed Forces and National Security14 yea · 40 nay of 54
  • NayH.R. 8800On Passage (Jul 2026)
  • YeaH.R. 9237On Motion to Recommit (Jul 2026)
  • YeaH.R. 5362On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass (Jul 2026)
  • NayH.R. 9238On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass (Jun 2026)
Economics and Public Finance13 yea · 22 nay of 35
Energy8 yea · 21 nay of 29
  • NayH.R. 5587On Passage (Apr 2026)
  • NayH.R. 4690On Passage (Apr 2026)
  • YeaS. 1020On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass (Apr 2026)
  • NayH.R. 4758On Passage (Feb 2026)
Environmental Protection10 yea · 11 nay of 21
  • YeaH.R. 2860On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended (Jun 2026)
  • NayH.R. 1346On Passage (May 2026)
  • NayH.R. 6387On Passage (Apr 2026)
  • NayH.R. 6398On Passage (Apr 2026)
Crime and Law Enforcement6 yea · 11 nay of 17

Full record for James R. Walkinshaw

Why challengers have no voting record here

Only people who have held the office have cast roll-call votes, so a voting record exists for the incumbent alone. We do not fill that gap with campaign-website summaries or third-party scorecards: deciding which vote counts as “the” vote on an issue is an editorial act, and two advocacy groups routinely produce opposite grades from the same record.

What is on the record for every candidate equally is money — who funds them, and who is spending independently for or against them. Each name above links to that candidate's FEC filings.

Sources: FEC candidate filings (who is running), House Clerk and Senate roll-call records with congress.gov policy areas (the voting record), and MEDSL/MIT Election Lab official returns with Census citizen voting-age population (the last result). All public records.