Robert J. Wittman

Republican · VA-1 · U.S. House

Bio

Robert Joseph Wittman is an American politician and environmental health specialist serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 1st congressional district since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, his district contains portions of the Richmond suburbs and Hampton Roads area, as well as the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula.

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Record of service

In office: 18.7 years
First took office: 2007 (10 terms)
Seniority: 64 of 437 by time served
Age: 67

District offices

Glen Allen, VA · 804-401-4120
Yorktown, VA · 757-527-6270

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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2019

$2.1M

2020

$1.6M

2021

$1.7M

2022

$4.2M

2023

$4.2M

2024

$4.4M

2025

$4.1M

Most recent filing (2025)

Assets: $1.9M – $8.3M
Liabilities: $650k – $1.4M
Net worth: $512k – $7.6M
Since 2019: +$1.9M

Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 97 assets reported

Rental House - Nags Head, NC$1.0M – $5.0M

Rental Property- Montross, VA$100k – $250k

457 Virginia Deferred Compensation Plan ⇒ US Stock Fund$100k – $250k

AXA Equitable Life Ins Co ⇒ AXA/Legg Mason Strat Alloc GB$100k – $250k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Apple Inc. - Common Stock (AAPL)$50k – $100k

Blue Ridge Bank Accounts$15k – $50k

C&F Financial Corporation - Common Stock (CFFI)$15k – $50k

401 (a) Virginia Cash Match Plan ⇒ US Stock Fund$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Amazon.com, Inc. - Common Stock (AMZN)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Costco Wholesale Corporation - Common Stock (COST)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Elevance Health, Inc. Common Stock (ELV)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ First Eagle Global Fund Class I (SGIIX)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ First Trust Amex Biotech Index Fund (FBT)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund Class I (FPEIX)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Harding Loevner Fund, Inc. International Eq Pt (HLMIX)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF (USMV)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Lord Abbett Inv Tr. Short Duration Income Fd Cl I (LLDYX)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Marriott International - Class A Common Stock (MAR)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock (MSFT)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Neuberger Berman Intrinsic Value Insti (NINLX)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ NYLI MacKay High Yield Muni Bond Fund Class I (MMHIX)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Principal Fds, Inc. MidCap Fd Institutional Cl (PCBIX)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Royal Gold, Inc. - Common Stock (RGLD)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. Common Stock (HIG)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Visa Inc. (V)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley (JT) ⇒ Xylem Inc. Common Stock New (XYL)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley INH IRA ⇒ Lord Abbett Inv Tr. Short Duration Income Fd Cl I (LLDYX)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley INH IRA ⇒ PIMCO Income Fund Class I-2 (PONPX)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley INH IRA ⇒ State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLC)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley INH IRA ⇒ State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley INH IRA ⇒ State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley INH IRA ⇒ State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV)$15k – $50k

Morgan Stanley INH IRA ⇒ State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK)$15k – $50k

Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. Common Stock (BRBS)$1k – $15k

C&F Bank Accounts$1k – $15k

National Western Life Annuity$1k – $15k

401 (a) Virginia Cash Match Plan ⇒ Target Date 2025 Portfolio$1k – $15k

457 Virginia Deferred Compensation Plan ⇒ Target Date 2025 Portfolio$1k – $15k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

Taxes & Fiscal

R+0.71

Healthcare

R+0.73

Immigration & Border

R+0.97

Guns

R+0.92

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

R+0.99

Environment & Energy

R+0.86

Crime & Policing

R+0.88

Defense & Veterans

R+0.79

Economy & Labor

R+0.80

Foreign Policy & Trade

R+0.69

Civil Rights & Social

R+0.14

Education

R+0.76

Government & Democracy

R+0.86

Judicial & Executive Nominations

R+1.00

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Robert J. Wittman's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

90%Closest

64%

28%

19%

Democratic Socialists (DSA)

15%

Communist Party USA

14%

On the political map

Robert J. Wittman (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Wittmansits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Republican Governance Groupstrongly right · 44 members
Republican Study Committeestrongly right · 139 members

Committees

House Committee on Armed Servicescenter · 57 members
Tactical Air and Land Forces (Chairman)Seapower and Projection Forces
House Committee on Natural ResourcesVice Chaircenter · 45 members
Energy and Mineral Resources Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Partycenter · 23 members

Most and least aligned members

Treating Wittman's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.