Ben Cline, a Republican, currently holds this House seat and is running for re-election. Ben Cline, a Republican, has taken $55,502 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. Beth Macy, a Democrat, shows no AIPAC-linked donations in available records.
Key issues in Virginia
Major issues facing Virginia, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.
Electricity bills — Nearly two-thirds of voters say their electric bills are too high, blaming demand growth and monopoly utilities.
Data centers and grid strain — Voters oppose sales-tax breaks for data centers, whose energy demands are linked to rising power costs.
Utility merger review — Regulators will decide by January whether to approve a $67 billion takeover of Dominion Energy.
Constitutional amendments — Three ballot measures would enshrine reproductive rights, marriage equality and post-release voting-rights restoration.
Cost of living — Inflation and living costs remain the top issue, with families feeling pressure from prices and housing.
K-12 education funding — The new budget adds billions for schools, including annual teacher raises and special-education funding.
Candidates & funding
Ben Cline RepublicanNominee
AIPAC-linked $55,502FundVoter-reported, career 2024–2026 — methodology replication pending
AIPAC-linked contributions $18,000, career 2022-2026. Source: FEC via FundVoter.
Routed contributions $4Kindividual donors via conduits
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$1,441,436 raised · $1,058,317 spent · $711,442 cash on hand through Jul 15, 2026
FEC campaign finance data through Jul 15, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.
Ben Cline R
Beth Macy D
Raised
$1.4M
$1.7M
Individuals
$726K50%
$1.6M97%
PACs & parties
$598K41%
$39K2%
Self-funded
$0
$0
Other
$118K8%
$4K0%
AIPAC-linked*
$56K
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Outside spending†
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* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.
† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.
“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.
Who are the biggest donors?
Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.
Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.
Ben Cline608 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$1.4M
Campaign spent$1.1M
Cash on hand$711K
FEC 2026 through 07/15/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals50%
PACs / committees41%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
Total routed through conduits$4K
Share of individual giving0.5%
Individuals gave through these conduits. Conduit is routing layer, not legal donor. General platforms (ActBlue, WinRed) are payment processors, not networks. How conduits work →
Individual$14K
Individual$14K
Trade association PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
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Trade association PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Cooperative PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$8K
Corporate PAC$8K
Corporate PAC$8K
Trade association PAC$8K
Trade association PAC$8K
Membership PAC$8K
Corporate PAC$8K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
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Individual$7K
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Individual$7K
Trade association PAC$6K
Membership PAC$6K
Corporate PAC$6K
Trade association PAC$6K
Corporate PAC$6K
Corporate PAC$6K
Showing the 50 biggest of 608 donors. The other 558 gave $890K combined.
Plus $51K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.