Political ads · 2026 · VA

Virginia House District 6 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Ben Cline won · 55.5% to 44.3% · Called by AP on Nov 3

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Ben Cline (Republican) and Beth Macy (Democrat) are the nominees for Virginia's 6th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Ben Cline is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Ben Cline's campaign had raised $1.9 million (through October 14, 2026) and Beth Macy's campaign $2.9 million (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $160,000 for Ben Cline and $0 against.

Ben Cline (REP, incumbent), Beth Macy (DEM). 3 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Ben Cline (REP, incumbent)

Raised: $1.9M through 2026-10-14 individuals $984K · PACs $781K · from the candidate's other committees $139K · cash on hand $527K
Outside spending: $160K supporting Cline · latest reported 2026-10-26
Largest outside spenders: DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS — $150K supporting Cline Largest donors: FAIRSHAKE $37.0M (>99%) (its largest donors: RIPPLE LABS INC. $48.0M, an organization; COINBASE $25.0M, an organization; COINBASE COMMERCE (EXCHANGE) $8.2M, an organization); RIPPLE LABS INC. $250K (1%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND — $6,848 supporting Cline Largest donors: Michael T Rydin $8.8M (76%), Retired, Retired; HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION $350K (3%); KOMADA, ANNA $253K (2%); Steven Cowles $205K (2%), Retired, Retired; Steven W Corbett $200K (2%) GOA VICTORY FUND — $3,373 supporting Cline

Bundled through PACs: $35K through 3 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $16K from 10 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND — $16K from 10 gifts NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) — $3,500 from 1 gift Lobbyist/registrant PAC

195 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

1848 PAC $3,500
AIRBUS AMERICAS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $500
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION CO $1,500
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALT $10K
AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND ( $6,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY POLITICAL $1,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS PAC $1,000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $5,000
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC $1,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PA $10K
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION CO $10K
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $500
AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC') $1,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS $5,000
AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA) PAC $2,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL $5,000
AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB PAC $2,000
AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION FUND $1,000
AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION C $7,500
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMM $1,000
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION PAC (INSURING AMERICA PAC) $2,500
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $5,000
AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION (SENIORS HOUSING PAC) $2,500
AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PAC (SOYPAC) $2,000
AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
AMERICANS FOR LEGISLATING EXCELLENCE PAC $1,000
AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION LTD. POLITICA $2,000
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS INC. PAC $2,500
AMY DARBY FOR CITY COUNCIL $291
ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PAC $3,000
APP BIG FAMILY PAC $1,000
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC) $5,000
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION $1,000
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICA $1,500
ASSOCIATION FOR ACCESSIBLE MEDICINES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PAC (AAP PAC) $5,000
AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT $2,500
BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE S $3,000
BHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK PO $1,500
BIGBEAR.AI LLC PAC $1,000
BLACKROCK FUNDS SERVICES GROUP LLC POLITICAL ACTIO $2,000
BMI POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BMI PAC) $5,000
BOTETOURT COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE $500
BRACEPAC $3,500
BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
BUDDY PAC $3,500
BUILDING BRIDGES PAC $5,000
BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $8,000
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND $2,500
CGCN PAC $1,000
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) $1,000
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMI $10K
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. FEDERAL PAC, AKA CISCO SYSTEMS $1,000
CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $1,000
COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL $2,500
CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC) $2,000
CONTIEM FEDERAL PAC $2,615
COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC. $10K
CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
DENTONS US LLP PAC $1,000
DOMINION ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - $8,500
ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC $6,000
EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION PAC $1,000
ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION PAC (ESA PAC) $1,000
FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $1,000
FLUOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FLUO $1,000
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GDC PAC) $4,500
GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
GOOD FUND, THE $4,000
GOOGLE LLC NETPAC $2,000
GRIDIRON-PAC $2,500
GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED PAC $1,500
GUEST PAC $2,000
HAWKEYE 360 EMPLOYEE ACTION FUND $2,000
HELP ELECT REPUBLICANS NOW $3,500
HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $2,000
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
HOUSE FREEDOM FUND $5,000
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HIIPAC) $1,000
IHEARTMEDIA, INC. PAC $2,500
IN THE ARENA PAC $5,000
INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC PAC (IEC PRIDE PAC) $1,000
INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, $5,000
INTERDIGITAL, INC., PAC $3,500
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS $1,000
INTERNATIONAL FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION $2,500
INTERNATIONAL FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION FRESH PAC (FRESH PAC) $1,000
INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INTA PAC) $2,500
ITG HOLDINGS U.S.A. INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA ITG PAC) $1,000
JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESS $4,000
JOBS, ENERGY AND OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PAC $4,500
JOHNSON & JOHNSON PAC $2,000
KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ( $6,000
LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY - PAC $6,000
LKQ CORPORATION EMPLOYEE GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $2,500
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL A $3,000
MANTECH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ( A.K.A 'MANTECH PAC') $2,500
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY PAC $2,500
MCGUIRE WOODS FEDERAL PAC $2,500
MERCK & CO., INC., EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MERCK PAC) $2,000
META PLATFORMS, INC. PAC $1,000
MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,500
MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY USA LLC PAC $1,000
MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (MORPAC) $2,000
MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC $5,000
MUSIC SPEAKS: THE SOUNDEXCHANGE, INC. LEGISLATIVE FUND $1,000
MVL PAC $3,500
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC) $1,000
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000
NATIONAL ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NAPA-PAC) $1,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABT PAC) $6,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) $2,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM SERVICE AGENCY COUNTY OFFICE EMPLOYEES INC PPC AKA NASCOE PAC $2,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES $2,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION $5,000
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL $10K
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL AC $10K
NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION - PAC $1,000
NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED S $1,500
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION, INC. POLIT $2,000
NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PAC $500
NATIONAL READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSN. PAC (CONCRETEP $2,000
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $1,000
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOC AMERICA' $2,500
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICA $10K
NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC $10K
NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT $7,500
NCTA - THE INTERNET AND TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POL $4,000
NESTPOINT PAC $3,500
OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
PAC OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS $1,500
PARSONS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
PFIZER INC. PAC $3,000
POINT BLANK ENTERPRISES INC PAC $2,000
RAZOR PAC $2,500
RELX INC. PAC $2,500
REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC $1,000
RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW PAC $4,000
ROANOKE COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE $250
ROCKET LAB CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ROCKET LAB PAC) $1,000
RUDY FOR INDIANA $4,000
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION VOLUNTARY PAC $3,500
SCONNIE PAC $1,000
SENTRY INSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL PAC $1,000
SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMI $1,000
SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS INC. PAC $5,000
SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT EMPLOYEE ACTION FUND $2,000
SOUTHERN STATES PAC $1,000
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC $10K
START RISING PAC $3,500
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL PAC (STATE FARM FEDERAL PAC) $1,000
SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC) $500
SWISHER INTERNATIONAL INC PAC FUND $5,000
T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-P $3,000
TENACIOUS PAC $3,500
TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTON $2,000
THE ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTS $3,500
THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICA $6,000
THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $6,500
THE GUIDEHOUSE INC. PAC (GUIDEHOUSE PAC) $5,000
THE HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP, INC. FEDERAL PAC (AKA HARTFORD ADVOCATES FEDERAL FUND) $1,000
THE SEASONAL EMPLOYER PAC $2,954
THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC. PAC (T-PAC) $2,500
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION C $4,500
TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION'S TIAPAC $1,000
TREE CARE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, INC PAC (THE VOICE FOR TREES PAC) $1,000
TYSON FOODS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TYPAC) $4,000
UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $8,000
UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND $5,000
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP EMPLOYEE ACTION FUND $2,000
US APPLE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; A $2,000
US ONCOLOGY INC. NETWORK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE $5,000
VALLEY 47 VICTORY FUND $150
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC) $2,000
VIRGINIA POULTRY GROWERS COOPERATIVE INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
VNA HOLDING INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VG PAC) $1,000
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $4,000
WARNER MUSIC INC. PAC $1,000
WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $1,000
Y COMBINATOR MANAGEMENT, LLC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (LITTLE TECH PAC) $1,000
ZURICH HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT (Z-PAC, ZURICH PAC) $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Beth Macy (DEM)

Raised: $2.9M through 2026-10-14 individuals $2.8M · PACs $78K · party $3,500 · from the candidate's other committees $32K · cash on hand $363K
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

7 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

BACKPAC $5,000
COMMON GROUND PAC $10K
COONEY FOR CONGRESS $2,000
FORWARD TOGETHER PAC $10K
FRIENDS OF DON BEYER $4,000
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $2,550
MEDICARE FOR ALL $5,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

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