LegiStorm

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• George Mason University - Master's, machine learning, expected

• Williams College - BA, economics, magna cum laude (1968-1972)

  Activities and notes: Presidential Scholar, National Merit Scholarship recipient, Phi Beta Kappa

• Dartmouth College - Attended (Jan. 1971)

  Activities and notes: Outward Bound winter course

• Wellesley College - Attended (1971)

  Activities and notes: 12-College Exchange program

• Gonzaga College High School (Washington, D.C.) - Diploma (1968)

  Activities and notes: Salutatorian

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  8th Congressional District of Virginia
  Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (Don), 75.79%

  Democrat
  Jeff Jordan, 23.98%

  Republican

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  8th Congressional District of Virginia
  Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (Don), 76.00%

  Democrat
  Thomas Oh, 24.00%

  Republican

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  8th Congressional District of Virginia
  Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (Don), 68.38%

  Democrat
  Charles Alan Hernick, 27.28%

  Republican
  Julio Gracia, 4.07%

  Independent

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  8th Congressional District of Virginia
  Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (Don), 63.08%

  Democrat
  Micah K Edmond, 31.42%

  Republican
  Gwendolyn J Beck, 2.67%

  Independent
  Jeffrey S Carson, 2.17%

  Libertarian

Employment History

• 8th Congressional District of Virginia (2014)

  Congressional Candidate

• U.S. Department of State (Aug. 2009-May 2013)

  Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein

• Commonwealth of Virginia (1990-1998)

  Lieutenant Governor

Associated Organizations

Own leadership PAC:

• BACKPAC

Place of worship:

• Christ Church (Alexandria, Va.)

  Chair of the Outreach Subcommittee

Board membership:

• Alexandria (Va.) Capital Development Foundation

• American Cancer Society Inc.

• Fairfax County (Va.) Chamber of Commerce

• Lightly Expressed

• Shenandoah Life Insurance Co.

• First Union National Bank

  Member of Virginia Board

• History Associates

• Demosphere International Inc.

• Volvo Group North America LLC

  Chair, Retailer Advisory Board

• ACT for Alexandria

  Chair

• Youth for Tomorrow

  President

• D.C. Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Election campaign:

• Friends of Don Beyer (Virginia)

Political organization:

• Obama for America
  Barack Hussein Obama

  Member of National Finance Council

• Obama for America (Feb. 2007-Nov. 2008)
  Barack Hussein Obama

  Chair of Mid Atlantic Finance Council

• Forward Together PAC (2006)
  Mark Robert Warner

  Finance Chair

• Dean for America (March 2003-March 2004)
  Howard Brush Dean

  National Treasurer

• Kerry-Edwards 2004 (2004)
  John Forbes Kerry

  Finance Chair

Owner:

• Beyer Subaru (April 1999-)

  Owner

• Land Rover Alexandria (March 1997-)

  Owner

• Don Beyer Volvo (1974-)

  Owner

Board membership:

• Jobs for Virginia Graduates (July 1996-July 2009)

  Chair

• Potomac School (McLean, Va.) (2005-2009)

• American International Automobile Dealers Association (2000-2007)

• American International Automobile Dealers Association (2006)

  Chair

Awards

• James C. Wheat, Jr. Award for Service to Virginians with Disabilities

• Earl Williams Leadership in Technology Award

• Grand Award for Highway Safety (National Safety Federation)

• Excellence in Public Service Award (Population Association of America) (2021)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• Champions of the Endangered Species Act (Animal Welfare Institute) (March 2016)

• Humane Champion Award (Humane Society of the United States) (March 2015)

• Thomas Jefferson Award (American Citizens Abroad Inc.) (2012)

Activities and Interests

• Hobbies: bridge, reading, guitar, skiing, golf
  

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Privately Financed Travel

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Ways and Means Committee
House Ways and Means Committee Health Subcommittee
House Ways and Means Committee Oversight Subcommittee
House Ways and Means Committee Trade Subcommittee
• Joint Economic Committee

Caucuses

• Air Cargo Caucus
• Americans Abroad Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Cuba Working Group
• Bipartisan Congressional PFAS Task Force
• Bipartisan Congressional Refugee Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
• Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus
• Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus
• Bipartisan House 988 and Crisis Services Task Force
• Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force
• Black Maternal Health Caucus
• Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caucus
• Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
• Congressional America 250 Caucus
• Congressional America’s Languages Caucus
• Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
• Congressional Appalachian National Scenic Trail Caucus, Co-Chair and Founder
• Congressional Arthritis Caucus
• Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus, Vice Chair
• Congressional Arts Caucus
• Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus
• Congressional Blockchain Caucus
• Congressional Boating Caucus
• Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
• Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus
• Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment
• Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
• Congressional Caucus on Macedonia and Macedonian-Americans
• Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
• Congressional Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers
• Congressional Caucus on Urban Regional Studies, Co-Chair
• Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
• Congressional Caucus on Vietnam
• Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus
• Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption
• Congressional Coronavirus Task Force
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional Dyslexia Caucus
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Congressional Freethought Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Liechtenstein Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Friends of Sweden Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Fusion Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional High Speed and Passenger Rail Modernization Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Independent Colleges Caucus
• Congressional Investment in American Jobs
• Congressional Library of Congress Caucus
• Congressional Lupus Caucus
• Congressional Medicare for All Caucus
• Congressional Mental Health Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Motorsports Caucus
• Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
• Congressional National Marine Sanctuary Caucus
• Congressional National Parks Caucus
• Congressional Native American Caucus
• Congressional Nuclear Security Working Group
• Congressional Oceans Caucus
• Congressional Offshore Wind Caucus
• Congressional Opportunity Action Group, Chair
• Congressional Ovarian Cancer Caucus
• Congressional Planetary Science Caucus
• Congressional Popular Arts Caucus
• Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus
• Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Contraception, Family Planning and Education Task Force
• Congressional Progressive Caucus
• Congressional Research and Development Caucus
• Congressional Safe Climate Caucus, Chair
• Congressional Soccer Caucus
• Congressional Task Force on Digital Citizenship, Co-Founder
• Congressional Unexploded Ordnance/Demining Caucus
• Crohn's and Colitis Caucus
• Egypt Human Rights Caucus, Chair and Founder
• Electrification Caucus
• Endangered Species Act Caucus, Co-Chair
• Expand Social Security Caucus
• Friends of Switzerland Caucus
• Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
• Historic Preservation Caucus
• House Aerospace Caucus
• House Automotive Caucus
• House Baltic Caucus
• House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism
• House Climate Solutions Caucus
• House Democratic Caucus
• House Democratic Caucus Jobs with Dignity Task Force, Co-Chair
• House Small Brewers Caucus
• House Suicide Prevention Task Force, Chair
• House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, Vice Chair
• House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition Clean Energy Deployment Task Force
• House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition Climate and Agriculture Task Force
• Men for Women Congressional Caucus, Chair
• National Service Congressional Caucus
• New Democrat Coalition
• New Democrat Coalition Action Fund
• New Democrat Coalition Climate Change and Clean Energy Task Force
• New Democrat Coalition Trade Task Force, Vice Chair
• Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Quiet Skies Caucus
• Rare Disease Caucus
• Task Force on Artificial Intelligence
• U.S.-Japan Congressional Caucus
• Voices for National Service

Caught Our Eye

• Kanye declares his candidacy, Congress tweets

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 31, 2015
  With a reality TV star and business mogul already leading one side of the race for president in 2016, a multi-millionaire from the music industry had his own announcement on Sunday. read more

• Trump gets in, Congress tweets

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 17, 2015
  Real estate mogul and "The Apprentice" star Donald Trump joined the 2016 race Tuesday, stirring mockery and questions from both sides of the aisle. read more

• 'Downton Abbey' decor ignites Twitter response on the Hill

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Feb. 6, 2015
  The news that Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) had a bold new office theme may have seemed like it would be the communications low point of the week. read more

• New Beyer chief of staff connected to D.C. media

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Nov. 7, 2014
  The woman set to become incoming Rep. Don Beyer's (D-Va.) chief of staff may be new to the job, but her history with D.C. media runs deep. read more