WHERE
Where do Ben Cline's campaign contributions come from?
Funding summary
- Total raised
- $1.0M
- Total spent
- $969K
- Cash on hand
- $328K
Where the money came from
- Individual donors$523K(51%)
- PACs$490K(48%)
- Political parties$0(0%)
- Self-funding$0(0%)
- Other receipts$18K(2%)
Top industries
Of $101K in itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. This is only a slice of total fundraising — PACs, parties, small-dollar donors, and self-funding are not included here.
- Transportation$31K
- Technology & Media$15K
- Energy & Natural Resources$13K
- General Business$12K
- Finance & Real Estate$11K
An additional $321Kin itemized donations couldn't be classified — either the donor left the employer field blank or listed “retired”/“self-employed,” or the employer didn't match a known industry.
Vote-finance correlation
Data through Jul 2026 · Sources: 2 — FEC individual filings (2026 cycle), Congress.gov roll calls (119th Congress) [166]
Ben Cline voted on 166 bills. He received $1,316,900 in donations. There is a moderate positive pattern between donation amounts and yea rates. This means larger donations may align with higher yea rates. Cline's top donation sectors include Other and Finance/Insurance/Real Estate. He voted on 14 bills from the Other sector with an 85.7% yea rate. He voted on 54 bills from the Finance/Insurance/Real Estate sector with an 85.2% yea rate.
Fewer than 5 other members of the VA House delegation have comparable data right now, so no peer comparison is shown.
This analysis shows factual patterns in public data. Campaign contributions are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Voting alignment with donor industries is common across all legislators. Correlation does not indicate causation or improper behavior.
Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Totals reflect the current two-year cycle. Industry breakdown covers only itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. Full methodology