Politician
Rob Wittman
Republican · Virginia · ran 4 times since 2020, won 3 · incumbent
FEC candidate H8VA01147
Rob Wittman (Republican) raised $5.4M for the 2026 Virginia 1st District race, $1.5M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $1.2M for and $11M against them (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). The race has not been called yet.
Raised, all runs
$12M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020
From PAC checks
31%
$3.9M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$1.2M
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$11M
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each general election, with the money behind it and the result.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Virginia 1st District | $5.4M | 28% | $1.2M / $11M | $552K | $17M | … Counting |
| 2024 | Virginia 1st District | $2.8M | 34% | $0 / $0 | $64K | $2.8M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Virginia 1st District | $2.2M | 33% | $0 / $0 | $19K | $2.2M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | Virginia 1st District | $2.0M | 36% | $0 / $0 | $6K | $2.0M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $2.2MTrade group $578KLeadership PAC $355KOther $275KMembership $208KUnion $136KSuper PAC $34KParty $2K
- Bae Systems Inc. Political Action Committee (Bae Systems USA PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$35K
- National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$30K
- Dominion Energy, Inc. Political Action Committee - Dominion PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$30K
- Rolls-Royce North America Holdings Inc. PAC (Rolls-Royce North America PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Mantech International Corporation Political Action Committee ( a.K.a 'Mantech PAC')Corporate$20K
- General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Amentum Holdings, Inc. PAC (Amentum PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$18K
- General Atomics Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$15K
- Serco Inc. Political Action Committee (Serco PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$15K
- Airbus Americas, Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$14K
- Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PACSuper PAC$13K
- American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$13K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- House Majority PACagainst $6.6M
- Your Community PACagainst $1.8M
- Ready for the Fightagainst $683K
- Lcv Victory Fundagainst $635K
- Ab PACagainst $619K
The payback
How they voted on their funders' bills
On the 37 key votes where Rob Wittman had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 31 times (84%). Money is PAC checks plus credited super PAC support across every run since 2020; “with industry” is the vote the industry lobbied for.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $357K | Yea · with industry |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Members who trade stocks wanted nay | $286K | Yea · against |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $140K | Nay · against |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $27K | Yea · with industry |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $146K$151K | Yea · with industryYea · against |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $146K | Yea · with industry |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $110K | Yea · with industry |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $140K | Nay · against |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $151K | Yea · with industry |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $357K | Yea · with industry |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $14 | Yea · with industry |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $14 | Yea · with industry |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $151K$503K | Yea · with industryYea · with industry |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $503K | Yea · with industry |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $151K | Yea · with industry |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $503K | Yea · with industry |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $14 | Yea · with industry |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $151K | Yea · with industry |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $14 | Yea · with industry |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $54K | Yea · with industry |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $14 | Yea · with industry |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $54K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $54K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $357K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $103K | Yea · with industry |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $140K | Yea · against |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $357K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $54K | Yea · with industry |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $27K | Yea · with industry |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $151K | Yea · with industry |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $151K | Yea · with industry |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $316K | Nay · with industry |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $151K$103K$503K | Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $27K | Nay · with industry |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $27K | Nay · with industry |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $103K | Nay · with industry |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $27K | Nay · with industry |
| PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $140K | Nay · against |
Their own portfolio
188 stock trades, worth $286K–$3.1M
Reported under the STOCK Act from 29 filings since 2021, including trades by a spouse or dependent child. 87 buys, 101 sells. Heaviest in wall street and hedge funds ($60K+), tech and ai ($22K+), agriculture, food and retail ($19K+).
Most traded
- WMT Walmart Inc.$5K+5 trades
- TJX TJX Companies, Inc.$5K+5 trades
- MA Mastercard Incorporated$4K+4 trades
- AMZN Amazon.com, Inc.$4K+4 trades
- ABT Abbott Laboratories$4K+4 trades
- SPY SPDR S&P 500$4K+4 trades
- CAT Caterpillar, Inc.$3K+3 trades
- MSFT Microsoft Corporation$3K+3 trades
Latest trades
- sellCCI2026-06-30 · stock$1K–$15K
- buyMA2023-12-07 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellABBV2023-09-28 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellGOOG2023-09-28 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellAMZN2023-09-28 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellAAPL2023-09-28 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellCAT2023-09-28 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellEOG2023-09-28 · stock$1K–$15K
Filings on the House Clerk's site.
The revolving door
1 former aide now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in Rob Wittman's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A former staffer gets the meeting.
Jamie MillerFormer congressional staff
P. Dep. Asst. Sec. of Def. Leg. Aff. (2019-2020); Dep. Asst. Sec. of Def. House Aff. (2017-2019); Rep. Robert J. Wittman, CoS (2014-2017), Dep. CoS (2013-201…
Now lobbies for Google Public Sector (fka Google Cloud) · via The Roosevelt Group
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Rob Wittman's 2026 campaign?
- Rob Wittman (Republican) raised $5.4M for the 2026 Virginia 1st District race, $1.5M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $1.2M for and $11M against them (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). The race has not been called yet.
- Which PACs gave the most to Rob Wittman?
- National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee ($15K), Bae Systems Inc. Political Action Committee (Bae Systems USA PAC) ($15K), Airbus Americas, Inc. Political Action Committee ($14K), Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PAC ($13K), American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC) ($13K) in 2026.
- Which super PACs spent on Rob Wittman's race?
- House Majority PAC ($6.6M against), Your Community PAC ($1.8M against), Ready for the Fight ($683K against) in 2026.
- How much has Rob Wittman raised across elections?
- $5.4M in 2026 (Virginia 1st District), $2.8M in 2024 (Virginia 1st District), $2.2M in 2022 (Virginia 1st District), $2.0M in 2020 (Virginia 1st District).