Ben Cline

Ben Cline met his wife, Elizabeth, through mutual friends while he was in law school, and they married in 2007.¹ They are raising their daughters in Botetourt County, in the region where he grew up.¹ A Shenandoah Valley native, Cline graduated from Lexington High School in 1990.¹

He earned his bachelor's degree at Bates College and his law degree at the University of Richmond.¹ Before Congress, he worked as an assistant commonwealth's attorney for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, then opened a private law practice with offices in Lexington, Amherst and Harrisonburg.¹

Cline entered Virginia's House of Delegates in 2002 and chaired its Conservative Caucus.¹ Elected to Congress in 2018, he has served on Judiciary, Budget and Appropriations and works with the House Freedom Caucus.¹ His campaign describes his legislative approach as restraining government spending, resisting tax increases and challenging bureaucracy.¹

His current platform emphasizes gun ownership rights, opposition to abortion, government accountability and support for rural communities.² Democrat Beth Macy, the Roanoke reporter and author of Dopesick, is challenging him for the seat in November.³