Cline, Ben
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Benjamin Lee Cline is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 6th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the 24th district in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2018.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Cline, Ben
- First name
- Ben
- Last name
- Cline
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Virginia 6th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- Virginia 6th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- Virginia 6th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $1,030,467.03
- Total disbursements
- $969,485.90
- Cash on hand
- $328,322.03
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $1,030,467.03 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $522,502.02;Share: 50.7%;Denominator: $1,030,467.03 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $489,735.00;Share: 47.5%;Denominator: $1,030,467.03 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,030,467.03 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,030,467.03 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,030,467.03 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $18,230.01;Share: 1.8%;Denominator: $1,030,467.03 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $462,471.00
- Itemized
- $462,471.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 642 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $462,471.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $6,900.00;Transactions: 5;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $3,500.00;Transactions: 3;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $33,030.00;Transactions: 19;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $19,730.00;Transactions: 20;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $6,755.00;Transactions: 12;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $8,530.00;Transactions: 13;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $48,580.00;Transactions: 28;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $5,280.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $24,480.00;Transactions: 38;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $2,030.00;Transactions: 6;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $130.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $14,530.00;Transactions: 14;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $8,730.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $16,830.00;Transactions: 10;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $30,630.00;Transactions: 56;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $24,380.00;Transactions: 32;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $43,779.00;Transactions: 89;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $33,365.00;Transactions: 44;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $4,728.00;Transactions: 15;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $14,552.00;Transactions: 31;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $65,092.00;Transactions: 121;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $23,209.00;Transactions: 46;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $23,451.00;Transactions: 19;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $250.00;Transactions: 1;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $462,471.00 across 642 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $14,460.00;Transactions: 163 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $42,659.00;Transactions: 167 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $70,550.00;Transactions: 138 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $99,602.00;Transactions: 94 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $235,200.00;Transactions: 80 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 56% in district
- District share basis
- $239,530.00 in district and $191,741.00 out of district; $31,200.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $31,200.00 with 25 reported transactions; visible denominator is $462,471.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $239,530.00;Transactions: 414;Denominator: $462,471.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $134,290.00;Transactions: 146;Denominator: $462,471.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $57,451.00;Transactions: 57;Denominator: $462,471.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $31,200.00;Transactions: 25;Denominator: $462,471.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| STOLTZFUS, MICHAEL | $10,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| JOHNSON, CAMERON MR. | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| SMITH, GERALD F MR. JR | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| CARTLEDGE, GEORGE B MR. III | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CLINE, JULIA S MRS. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CURT, WALTER MR. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| FOSTEK, JANICE W. MRS. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| FRALIN, WILLIAM HEYWOOD MR. SR. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| GOOD, JOHN P JR | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| KIRK, JOHN W MR. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $155,265.00 | 335 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $15,000.00 | 9 transactions |
| DYNAMIC AVIATION | $10,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| MAGIC CITY FORD | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| VALLEY PROTEINS INC. | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| ULINE | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| ASSOCIATED ASPHALT | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| GLOBAL TECHNICAL SYSTEMS | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| GRAND HOME FURNISHINGS | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| HAFEMANN MAGEE THOMAS | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $59,500.00 | 22 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $59,500.00 and 22 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H8VA06104
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H8VA06104
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H8VA06104
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:C001118
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H8VA06104:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H8VA06104:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H8VA06104:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
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- fec_candidate_id
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