Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Denver Riggleman
Denver Riggleman was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 2019.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 8756 COVID Health Care Provider Assurance Act of 2020Nov 17, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
- H.R. 8131 Hemp Opportunity Zone Act of 2020Aug 28, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in…
- H.R. 6513 To defer the year of inclusion for certain capital gains invested in a qualified opportunity fund.Apr 14, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5844 ACCESS Rural America ActFeb 11, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.Res. 834 Supporting policies that are a part of the "Best is Yet to Come" blueprint, outlined by President Trump during his historic, optimistic State of the Union…Feb 6, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1037 (116th) Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons Act of 2019Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 734 (116th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 20 through September 26, 2020, as "Purple Star Families Week".67 cosponsors
- H.Res. 320 (116th) Commending the University of Virginia men's basketball team for winning the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball…9 cosponsors
- H.R. 4159 (116th) Maintaining Protections for Patients with Preexisting Conditions Act of 20196 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Riggleman has won
Rep. Riggleman has won 1 U.S. House election (2018–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.5 to 6.5 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 15 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 15 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 12 | See the 12 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.