Politician
Don Beyer
Democrat · Virginia · ran 4 times since 2020, won 4 · incumbent
FEC candidate H4VA08224
Don Beyer (Democrat) raised $2.5M for the 2026 Virginia 8th District race, $792K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
Raised, all cycles
$8.3M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
35%
$2.9M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$0
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$0
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Virginia 8th District | $2.5M | 31% | $0 / $0 | $4K | $2.5M | ✓ Won |
| 2024 | Virginia 8th District | $1.9M | 41% | $0 / $0 | – | $1.9M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Virginia 8th District | $2.1M | 32% | $0 / $0 | – | $2.1M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | Virginia 8th District | $1.7M | 38% | $0 / $0 | – | $1.7M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $1.3MTrade group $543KUnion $324KMembership $279KOther $207KSuper PAC $46KLeadership PAC $43KParty $6K
- Ubs Americas Inc. Political Action Committee (Ubs PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$30K
- Ernst & Young Political Action CommitteeOtherLobbyist PAC$20K
- American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L EUnionLobbyist PAC$20K
- Honeywell International Inc. Technologies Public Affairs Council (Honpac)CorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Deloitte Political Action CommitteeOtherLobbyist PAC$20K
- National Multifamily Housing Council Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$20K
- L3harris Technologies, Inc. PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action CommitteeUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
- Forward Together PACLeadership PAC$10K
- Direct Supply, Inc. Partners PAC (Dsi Partners PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee On Political EducationUnion$10K
- Pricewaterhousecoopers Political Action Committee ICorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
No outside spending of note.
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 19 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 6 times (32%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $158K | Nay · against |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | $12M | Nay · with industry |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $350K | Yea · with industry |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $245K$0 | Nay · againstNay · with industry |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $245K | Nay · against |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $94K | Nay · against |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $350K | Yea · with industry |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $158K | Nay · against |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $0$222K | Nay · againstNay · against |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $222K | Nay · against |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $222K | Nay · against |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $9K | Nay · against |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $9K | Nay · against |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $9K | Nay · against |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $158K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $238K | Nay · against |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $350K | Nay · with industry |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $158K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $9K | Nay · against |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $141K | Yea · against |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $0$238K$222K | Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $238K | Yea · against |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $350K | Yea · with industry |
Household disclosures
363 reported transactions, with volume $12M–$60M
Reconciled electronic STOCK Act reports from 45 filings since 2021, covering all reported asset types and transactions by a spouse or dependent child. 155 buys, 200 sells. Heaviest in tech and ai ($137K+), pharma and health care ($108K+), agriculture, food and retail ($102K+).
Most traded
- AAPL Apple Inc.$52K+3 trades
- GS goldman Sachs group, Inc.$22K+8 trades
- BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New$21K+7 trades
- NTLA Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.$19K+5 trades
- NVDA NVIDIA Corporation$19K+5 trades
- NEE NextEra Energy, Inc.$18K+4 trades
- COST Costco Wholesale Corporation$18K+4 trades
- MSCI MSCI Inc$18K+4 trades
Latest trades
- buyCalifornia CMNTY VAR 11/01/542026-10-07 · government bond · joint$15K–$50K
- buyCurators Univ Mo 5.00% 11/01/342026-09-23 · government bond · joint$15K–$50K
- sellOhio St Gen Oblig 5.00% 11/01/342026-09-23 · government bond · joint$15K–$50K
- buyIndiana ST 5.00% 02/01/322026-09-15 · government bond · joint$50K–$100K
- buyLong Is Pwr Auth Var 9/01/552026-08-05 · government bond · joint$15K–$50K
- exchangeCalifornia St 4.00% 8/01/362026-08-03 · government bond · joint$15K–$50K
- exchangeWashington St Various 5.00% 08/01/302026-08-03 · government bond · joint$50K–$100K
- buyTri-Creek 5.00% 7/15/332026-07-27 · government bond · joint$50K–$100K
Filings on the House Clerk's site.
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Don Beyer's 2026 campaign?
- Don Beyer (Democrat) raised $2.5M for the 2026 Virginia 8th District race, $792K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to Don Beyer?
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee ($10K), Ernst & Young Political Action Committee ($10K), Forward Together PAC ($10K), Direct Supply, Inc. Partners PAC (Dsi Partners PAC) ($10K), American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E ($10K) in 2026.
- How much has Don Beyer raised across elections?
- $2.5M in 2026, $1.9M in 2024, $2.1M in 2022, $1.7M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.