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United States House of Representatives
Don Beyer
U.S. House — District 8
Democrat
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RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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/ 100
F
Raw: -8 of 36 dynamic max
· 18 of 50 answered
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-10
foreign-influence adjustment
Last verified: · scorecard-level timestamp
✝ God First
0/ 60
🇺🇸 America First
2/ 40
National Rank
#8,650 of 8,776 · bottom 1.4% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.
For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.
Base score 2/100 → Adjusted -8/100
- AIPAC / pro-Israel-lobby contributions-10TrackAIPAC career-total report shows $63,389 from AIPAC and pro-Israel-lobby PACs.AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures targeting U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel. RESOLUTE Citizen treats documented AIPAC contributions as a failure on foreign_policy_restraint/q4 (the foreign-lobby question) AND applies a dollar-bracket adjustment to the total score.
Contact This Official
📍 Local district office (1)
Alexandria, VA · 703-658-5403 · 700 N Fairfax St., Suite 510 22314
Reach out directly. Your voice matters. Proverbs 29:2 — When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.
Next Election
November 3, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next election
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Registration deadline: 2026-10-13
Early voting: 2026-09-18 – 2026-10-31
Elections office: (804) 864-8901
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Catholic
Education: Williams College (BA)
Birthplace: Freiburg, West Germany
Background: U.S. Representative VA-08 since 2015 (Arlington / Alexandria). Former VA Lt. Governor 1990-1998. Former U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland & Liechtenstein. Chair, Joint Economic Committee (Democratic side). Announced 2026 reelection bid June 27, 2025.
Net Worth: ~$125 million
NRA Rating: F
Heritage Action Score: 0% (119th session) / 4% lifetime
Committees: Ways and Means (Subcommittees: Trade; Tax); Science, Space and Technology; Joint Economic Committee (Senior House Democrat)
Next Election Year: 2026
X / Twitter: @RepDonBeyer
Campaign Website: https://friendsofdonbeyer.com/
U.S. Rep, VA-08 (D), since 2015 — deep voting record. [2026-06-02 national-autopilot refinement, federal tier] Long, consistent progressive record at the floor of the RESOLUTE rubric. HARD: Heritage Action 9% session / 6% lifetime; cosponsor of the Equality Act and Respect for Marriage Act (YES votes); WHPA cosponsor; NAY on H.R.7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion; NAY on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R.21, 2025 & H.R.26, 2023); PPAF + NARAL endorsed; author of the 'Assault Weapons Excise Act' (1,000% excise tax on AR-platform rifles + high-capacity magazines); cosponsor & YES on the assault-weapons-ban package; Giffords endorsed; H.R.1 For the People Act YES; NAY on Laken Riley Act (Jan 2025); NAY on Parents Bill of Rights Act (party-line, March 2023). E0 DEVIATION (against the rubric): as JEC Chair, AUTHORED the Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act that would empower the Federal Reserve to issue its own digital dollar — affirmatively pro-CBDC. I0 DEVIATION (toward the rubric): publicly defended Congress's Article I war powers (April 2026, Iran resolution; Jan 2020 Iran WPR signatory). I2 / J-Israel observation: voted NO on the April 2024 Israel military-aid tranche while supporting Ukraine aid — atypical for a senior House D, motivated by U.S.-assistance-law concerns rather than rubric framing.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
FALSE (0)[7]
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
FALSE (0)[9]
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
FALSE (0)[9]
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
Not yet verified
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
FALSE (0)[10]
Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
Not yet verified
Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
Not yet verified
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
FALSE (0)[9]
Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
FALSE (0)[13]
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
FALSE (0)[13]
Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
Not yet verified
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
Not yet verified
Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
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Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
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sbaprolife.org/representative/don-beyerRight Advocacy
Planned Parenthood ActionLeft Advocacy
www.ontheissues.org/VA/Don_Beyer_Abortion.htmUnclassified
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Congress.gov — Official RecordOfficial
www.hrc.org/resources/yeo/us-house-va08Unclassified
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giffords.org/candidates/don-beyer/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Public stance: 'I strongly support a woman's right to choose.' Rejects personhood-from-conception framework. Unclassified
Public stance: 'I strongly support a woman's right to choose.' Rejects personhood-from-conception framework.
- [2]WHPA cosponsor + YES on House passage; NAY on H.R.7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion. Official
WHPA cosponsor + YES on House passage; NAY on H.R.7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion.
- [3]NAY on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R.26, Jan 2023, RC 29; H.R.21, Jan 2025, RC 27); SBA characterizes him as voting to 'eliminate or prevent protections' for born-alive infants. Official
NAY on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R.26, Jan 2023, RC 29; H.R.21, Jan 2025, RC 27); SBA characterizes him as voting to 'eliminate or prevent protections' for born-alive infants.
- [4]NAY on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R.26, Jan 2023, RC 29; H.R.21, Jan 2025, RC 27); SBA characterizes him as voting to 'eliminate or prevent protections' for born-alive infants. Official
NAY on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R.26, Jan 2023, RC 29; H.R.21, Jan 2025, RC 27); SBA characterizes him as voting to 'eliminate or prevent protections' for born-alive infants.
- [5]NAY on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R.26, Jan 2023, RC 29; H.R.21, Jan 2025, RC 27); SBA characterizes him as voting to 'eliminate or prevent protections' for born-alive infants. Right Advocacy
NAY on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R.26, Jan 2023, RC 29; H.R.21, Jan 2025, RC 27); SBA characterizes him as voting to 'eliminate or prevent protections' for born-alive infants.
- [6]Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action Fund and NARAL; pledged to 'fight attempts to cut funding for Planned Parenthood.' Left Advocacy
Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action Fund and NARAL; pledged to 'fight attempts to cut funding for Planned Parenthood.'
- [7]Voted YES on Respect for Marriage Act (H.R.8404, July 19 2022 and Dec 8 2022 concurrence); celebratory press statement. Official
Voted YES on Respect for Marriage Act (H.R.8404, July 19 2022 and Dec 8 2022 concurrence); celebratory press statement.
- [8]Voted YES on Respect for Marriage Act (H.R.8404, July 19 2022 and Dec 8 2022 concurrence); celebratory press statement. Official
Voted YES on Respect for Marriage Act (H.R.8404, July 19 2022 and Dec 8 2022 concurrence); celebratory press statement.
- [9]Cosponsor of the Equality Act (H.R.5, 117th) — extends civil-rights protections by gender identity, opposing the immutable-biological-sex framework. Official
Cosponsor of the Equality Act (H.R.5, 117th) — extends civil-rights protections by gender identity, opposing the immutable-biological-sex framework.
- [10]NAY on Parents Bill of Rights Act (H.R.5, 118th, March 24, 2023) — all D caucus voted NAY on this party-line roll call requiring parental notification on curriculum + gender-related school services. Reference
NAY on Parents Bill of Rights Act (H.R.5, 118th, March 24, 2023) — all D caucus voted NAY on this party-line roll call requiring parental notification on curriculum + gender-related school services.
- [11]As JEC Chair, AUTHORED the Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act, which would 'empower the Federal Reserve to issue its own digital dollar' — affirmatively pro-CBDC. Official
As JEC Chair, AUTHORED the Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act, which would 'empower the Federal Reserve to issue its own digital dollar' — affirmatively pro-CBDC.
- [12]As JEC Chair, AUTHORED the Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act, which would 'empower the Federal Reserve to issue its own digital dollar' — affirmatively pro-CBDC. Official
As JEC Chair, AUTHORED the Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act, which would 'empower the Federal Reserve to issue its own digital dollar' — affirmatively pro-CBDC.
- [13]Voted YES on H.R.1 For the People Act (March 3, 2021) — bill explicitly preempts state photo voter ID requirements. Official
Voted YES on H.R.1 For the People Act (March 3, 2021) — bill explicitly preempts state photo voter ID requirements.
- [14]Voted YES on H.R.1 For the People Act (March 3, 2021) — bill explicitly preempts state photo voter ID requirements. Official
Voted YES on H.R.1 For the People Act (March 3, 2021) — bill explicitly preempts state photo voter ID requirements.
- [15]NAY on Laken Riley Act (S.5, Jan 22 2025, RC 23) — opposed detention of illegal aliens charged with theft/violent crime. Official
NAY on Laken Riley Act (S.5, Jan 22 2025, RC 23) — opposed detention of illegal aliens charged with theft/violent crime.
- [16]NAY on Laken Riley Act (S.5, Jan 22 2025, RC 23) — opposed detention of illegal aliens charged with theft/violent crime. Reference
NAY on Laken Riley Act (S.5, Jan 22 2025, RC 23) — opposed detention of illegal aliens charged with theft/violent crime.
- [17]Giffords-endorsed; YES on Bipartisan Background Checks, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — opposes constitutional carry. Unclassified
Giffords-endorsed; YES on Bipartisan Background Checks, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — opposes constitutional carry.
- [18]Giffords-endorsed; YES on Bipartisan Background Checks, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — opposes constitutional carry. Official
Giffords-endorsed; YES on Bipartisan Background Checks, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — opposes constitutional carry.
- [19]Author of the Assault Weapons Excise Act (1,000% excise tax on AR-platform rifles + high-capacity magazines); YES on House AWB passage July 29, 2022. Unclassified
Author of the Assault Weapons Excise Act (1,000% excise tax on AR-platform rifles + high-capacity magazines); YES on House AWB passage July 29, 2022.
- [20]DEVIATION: defended Congress's Article I war powers; joined April 2026 D effort to force a vote on Iran war-powers resolution; signed onto Jan 2020 Iran WPR. Unclassified
DEVIATION: defended Congress's Article I war powers; joined April 2026 D effort to force a vote on Iran war-powers resolution; signed onto Jan 2020 Iran WPR.
- [21]DEVIATION: defended Congress's Article I war powers; joined April 2026 D effort to force a vote on Iran war-powers resolution; signed onto Jan 2020 Iran WPR. Official
DEVIATION: defended Congress's Article I war powers; joined April 2026 D effort to force a vote on Iran war-powers resolution; signed onto Jan 2020 Iran WPR.
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