Don Beyer

Beyer was born in the Free Territory of Trieste, the son of a U.S. Army officer, Donald Sternoff Beyer Sr., and his wife, Nancy McDonald.[https://archive.today/20120206220619/http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1997/vp970921/09210093.htm The Virginian-Pilot, September 21, 1997]{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/don-beyer-sr-army-officer-and-northern-virginia-auto-dealer-dies-at-93/2017/12/31/67638954-ed99-11e7-8a6a-80acf0774e64_story.html|title=Don Beyer Sr., Army officer and Northern Virginia auto dealer, dies at 93|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=31 December 2017|author=Schudel, Matt|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=September 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929091928/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/don-beyer-sr-army-officer-and-northern-virginia-auto-dealer-dies-at-93/2017/12/31/67638954-ed99-11e7-8a6a-80acf0774e64_story.html|url-status=live}} His grandmother Clara Mortenson Beyer was a pioneer in labor economics and workers' rights, and worked in the United States Department of Labor under Frances Perkins during the New Deal era.https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/clara-beyer-c-1892-1990/ The Living New Deal Archives. Clara Beyer (c. 1892–1990). His grandfather Otto S. Beyer Jr. was Chairman of the National Mediation Board. The oldest of six children, he was raised in Washington, D.C., where his grandparents lived.

In 1968, he graduated from Gonzaga College High School, where he was salutatorian of his class; in 1972 he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College, magna cum laude, in economics. Beyer was a Presidential Scholar in 1968 and a National Merit Scholarship winner. He graduated from a winter Outward Bound course at Dartmouth College in January 1971 and attended Wellesley College that year as part of the "12 College Exchange" program.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wellesley.edu/OIS/USStudy/12collegeexchangemanual.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224506/http://www.wellesley.edu/OIS/USStudy/12collegeexchangemanual.html|url-status=dead|title=12 College Exchange program manual|archivedate=September 30, 2007}}{{cite news |last1=Rosenfeld |first1=Megan |title=Don Beyer, Fresh Off The Lot |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/01/18/don-beyer-fresh-off-the-lot/3440b156-59c9-4a8a-b864-5dbe33825235/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 18, 1990 |access-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215065749/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/01/18/don-beyer-fresh-off-the-lot/3440b156-59c9-4a8a-b864-5dbe33825235/ |url-status=live }}

In 2022, during his congressional career, Beyer enrolled at George Mason University in pursuit of a master's degree in computer science with a concentration in machine learning,{{cite web |last1=Kearney Rich |first1=Colleen |title=Congressman Don Beyer, Mason student and lifelong learner |url=https://www.gmu.edu/news/2023-04/congressman-don-beyer-mason-student-and-lifelong-learner |website=George Mason University |access-date=1 June 2024}} taking one evening course per semester. He told The Washington Post in December 2022 that he was taking required undergraduate courses before he started graduate coursework, which he expected to begin by 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/12/28/beyer-student-artificial-intelligence-degree/|title=A 72-year-old congressman goes back to school, pursuing a degree in AI|first=Meagan|last=Flynn|date=December 28, 2022|newspaper=The Washington Post|url-access = limited}}

After college, Beyer began working at the Volvo dealership his father had purchased in 1973. In 1986, he and his brother Michael bought the business from their parents and as the Beyer Automotive Group, the business expanded to nine dealerships, including the Volvo, Land Rover, Kia, Volkswagen, Mazda, and Subaru brands. Beyer sold his share of the dealerships to his brother in 2019.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} Beyer is a past chairman of the National Volvo Retailer Advisory Board. In 2006, he chaired the American International Automobile Dealers Association.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aiada.org/newsroom/pressDetails.asp?id=124|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928212508/http://www.aiada.org/newsroom/pressDetails.asp?id=124|url-status=dead|title=American International Automobile Dealers Association press release, June 1, 2006|archivedate=September 28, 2007}}

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Beyer served as a member of the board of Demosphere International, Inc., a leading soccer registration software provider.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131005090517/http://www.demosphere.com/about/ Demosphere website] He was also a board member of History Associates, which bills itself as "The Best Company in History."{{cite web |url=http://www.historyassociates.com/ |title=History Associates website |publisher=Historyassociates.com |access-date=September 23, 2011 |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731005014/https://www.historyassociates.com/ |url-status=live }} He has served on the Virginia Board of First Union National Bank, the board of Shenandoah Life Insurance Company, and the board of Lightly Expressed, a fiber optic lighting design and manufacturing firm.

During nearly two decades of community activism, Beyer has taken leadership roles on the boards of many business, philanthropic and public policy organizations, the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the American Cancer Society. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Grand Award for Highway Safety from the National Safety Federation; the James C. Wheat Jr. Award for Service to Virginians with Disabilities;{{cite web|url=http://www.vaboard.org/downloads/ib-aug-01.pdf|title=Virginia Board for People with Disabilities Newsletter, August 2001|publisher=Vaboard.org|date=May 23, 2009|access-date=September 23, 2011|archive-date=October 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001142639/http://www.vaboard.org/downloads/ib-aug-01.pdf|url-status=live}} the Earl Williams Leadership in Technology Award; and the Thomas Jefferson Award for 2012 from American Citizens Abroad.{{cite web |title=Thomas Jefferson Award |url=https://www.americansabroad.org/thomas_jefferson_award |website=American Citizens Abroad |access-date=22 December 2024 |language=en}}

In 2017, he received the Leaders for Democracy Award from the Project on Middle East Democracy. In April 2017, he received the Community Integration Leadership Award for Community and Public Service from the ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia and the Community Engagement Award from Phillips Programs for Children and Families. In 2021, Beyer received the Excellence in Public Service Award from the Population Association of America.

Beyer chaired the board of the Alexandria Community Trust, Alexandria's community foundation,{{cite web|url=http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=70724&paper=59&cat=203|title=The Connection Newspapers|publisher=Connectionnewspapers.com|access-date=September 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928144409/http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=70724&paper=59&cat=203|archive-date=September 28, 2011|df=mdy-all}} and the board of Jobs for Virginia Graduates, the state's largest high school dropout prevention program.[http://www.jobsvagrads.org/mainpage.htm Jobs for Virginia Graduates website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060713155057/http://www.jobsvagrads.org/mainpage.htm|date=July 13, 2006}} He is a former president of the board of Youth for Tomorrow, Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs's residential home for troubled adolescent boys and girls.[http://www.youthfortomorrow.org/articles/templates/yftarticleob.asp?articleid=15&zoneid=6 Youth for Tomorrow website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050827045621/http://www.youthfortomorrow.org/articles/templates/yftarticleob.asp?articleid=15&zoneid=6|date=August 27, 2005}} He also served on the board of the DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.{{cite web|url=http://www.teenpregnancydc.org/content/view/20/35/|title=DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy website|publisher=Teenpregnancydc.org|access-date=September 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008052400/http://www.teenpregnancydc.org/content/view/20/35/|archive-date=October 8, 2007|df=mdy-all}} He currently serves on the board of directors of Jobs for America's Graduates.

In 2022, readers and editors of Arlington Magazine named Beyer "Best Elected Official" as part of the magazine's annual roundup of favorite restaurants, shops, doctors, summer camps, live bands and more in Arlington County, Virginia.{{Cite news|last=|first=|url=https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/best-of-arlington-2022-best-of-the-rest/|date=December 13, 2021|title=Best of Arlington 2022|work=Arlington Magazine|access-date=February 24, 2022|language=en-US}}

Beyer was the northern Virginia coordinator of the Gerald L. Baliles campaign for governor in 1985. In 1986, Governor Baliles appointed Beyer to the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB), which is responsible for overseeing the Virginia Department of Transportation and allocating highway funding to specific projects. It consists of 17 members, including the Secretary of Transportation, Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and 14 citizen members who are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Virginia General Assembly.{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Transportation Board |url=https://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/va-government/boards-and-commissions/comprehensive-board-listing/detail/?id=c8612170-b375-ed11-81ab-001dd80724a2 |website=Secretary of the Commonwealth |access-date=22 December 2024}}

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Beyer was elected lieutenant governor of Virginia in 1989, defeating Republican state senator Edwina P. Dalton. He was reelected in 1993, defeating Republican Michael Farris 54%-46%, as Republicans George Allen and Jim Gilmore were elected on the same ballot as governor and attorney general, respectively.

Farris's close connection to conservative leaders such as Jerry Falwell of the Moral Majority, Pat Robertson of the Christian Coalition and Phyllis Schlafly of the Eagle Forum, as well as his adherence to the Quiverfull movement,{{cite web|url=http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Michael_P._Farris|title=Bio for Mr Farris|access-date=2007-04-20|archive-date=March 20, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320155210/http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Michael_P._Farris|url-status=live}}{{cite book|title=A Mom Just Like You| last=Farris| first=Vickie| year=2002|publisher=B&H Publishing Group|location=Nashville, TN|isbn=0-8054-2586-1}} stirred deep-seated feelings and led some prominent Virginia Republicans such as U.S. Senator John Warner to support Beyer rather than Farris.{{cite web |last1=Atkinson |first1=Frank B. |title=John W. Warner III (1927–2021) |url=https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/warner-john-w-1927-2021/ |website=Encyclopedia Virginia |access-date=22 December 2024}}

During his tenure as lieutenant governor, Beyer served as president of the Virginia Senate. He chaired the Virginia Economic Recovery Commission, the Virginia Commission on Sexual Assault, the Virginia Commission on Disabilities, the Poverty Commission and was co-founder of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, an outgrowth of the Chamber of Commerce.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fccc.org/about/1990|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708001058/http://www.fccc.org/about/1990|url-status=dead|title=Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, 1990s|archivedate=July 8, 2007}} He was active in promoting high-tech industries and led the fight to eliminate disincentives in the Virginia Tax Code to high-tech research and development.[http://www.virginiaclassifieds.com/biz/virginiabusiness/magazine/yr1997/july97/beyer.html Virginia Business magazine, July 1997] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021144937/http://www.virginiaclassifieds.com/biz/virginiabusiness/magazine/yr1997/july97/beyer.html |date=October 21, 2007 }}

He is also credited with writing the original welfare reform legislation in Virginia.[https://archive.today/20080220223236/http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950216/02160372.htm The Virginian-Pilot, February 16, 1995]

Beyer was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1997, losing to Republican Jim Gilmore. He served as Finance Chairman for Mark Warner's Political Action Committee, "Forward Together",[http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=96503&ran=125172 The Virginian-Pilot, December 7, 2005] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808094148/http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=96503&ran=125172 |date=August 8, 2007}} and as the National Treasurer for the 2004 presidential campaign of former Vermont Governor Howard Dean.{{Cite web|url=http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8328|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419041437/http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8328|url-status=dead|title=RaisingKaine blog, May 3, 2007|archivedate=April 19, 2008}} After Dean withdrew from the race, he served as chairman of the John Kerry campaign in Virginia.{{cite web |url=http://www.burntorangereport.com/mt/archives/2005/01/index.html |title=More Dean Endorsements |date=January 31, 2005 |publisher=Burnt Orange Report |access-date=July 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504105645/http://www.burntorangereport.com/mt/archives/2005/01/index.html |archive-date=May 4, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}

In 2007–08, Beyer endorsed and campaigned extensively for presidential candidate Barack Obama.{{cite web |url=http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=213&pid=0&sid=1121673&page=3 |title=WTOP radio news |date=April 21, 2007 |publisher=WTOP News |access-date=September 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008205010/http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=213&pid=0&sid=1121673&page=3 |archive-date=October 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} He chaired the Mid Atlantic Finance Council of Obama for America campaign{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/don-beyer/4/44b/6b4 |title=Linked In profile |publisher=LinkedIn |access-date=July 27, 2013}} and served on the campaign's National Finance Council.

The Democratic National Committee appointed Beyer to serve at the 2008 DNC Convention on the Credentials Committee.{{cite web |last=Armstrong |first=Jerome |url=http://mydd.com/users/andrewalker08/posts/dean-appoints-credentials-committee-chairs |title=Blogger report, 2008 |publisher=Mydd.com |access-date=September 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926213556/http://mydd.com/users/andrewalker08/posts/dean-appoints-credentials-committee-chairs |archive-date=September 26, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}

Following the 2008 election, President-elect Obama asked Beyer to head up the transition team at the Department of Commerce.{{cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/128692.htm |title=State Department biography |publisher=State.gov |access-date=September 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007191003/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/128692.htm |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

Obama nominated Beyer for United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein on June 12, 2009.{{cite news|url=http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/12/big-obama-donor-envoy-to-switzerland/|title=Big Obama donor picked as envoy to Switzerland|last=Bellantoni|first=Christina|date=June 12, 2009|work=Washington Times|access-date=June 12, 2009|archive-date=June 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621061301/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/12/big-obama-donor-envoy-to-switzerland/|url-status=live}} In December 2010, Beyer attracted public attention when it was reported that he had warned the Swiss government against offering asylum to WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.{{cite web |url=http://www.sonntagonline.ch/index.php?show=news&id=1364 |title=Der Sonntag – Politiker Wollen Wikileaks-Chef Helfen: Asyl Für Assange! |publisher=Sonntagonline.ch |access-date=September 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831005656/http://www.sonntagonline.ch/index.php?show=news&id=1364 |archive-date=August 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} In March 2013, Beyer received the Thomas Jefferson Award from American Citizens Abroad. The award is presented annually by ACA to recognize State Department members who have rendered outstanding service to Americans overseas. Beyer was recognized for organizing a series of town hall meetings where American citizens overseas could voice concerns and opinions to officials of the State Department. He resigned as ambassador in May 2013.

During the run-up to the 2020 primaries, Beyer endorsed Pete Buttigieg for president. He then endorsed Joe Biden on Super Tuesday.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/pete-buttigieg-don-beyer |title=Pete Buttigieg Lands First Endorsement From Member of Congress |publisher=The Associated Press |date=April 24, 2019 |access-date=April 24, 2019 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=April 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424220340/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/pete-buttigieg-don-beyer |url-status=live }}

In June 2022, after a spate of mass shootings in the U.S., Beyer said he would propose a bill to increase taxes on assault-style guns by 1,000%.{{cite news |last1=Vlachou |first1=Marita |title=House Democrat To Propose 1,000% Tax On Assault-Style Weapons |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-democrats-gun-legislation_n_629e100fe4b016c4eefbd92c |access-date=June 6, 2022 |publisher=HuffPost |date=June 6, 2022}} He told Business Insider, "What it's intended to do is provide another creative pathway to actually make some sensible gun control happen. We think that a 1,000% fee on assault weapons is just the kind of restrictive measure that creates enough fiscal impact to qualify for reconciliation."

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;2014

{{See also|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 8}}

On January 24, 2014, Beyer announced his candidacy for Virginia's 8th congressional district to succeed retiring Democratic incumbent Jim Moran.{{cite web|url=http://atr.rollcall.com/democratic-field-to-replace-jim-moran-continues-to-grow/|title=Democrat Don Beyer Will Run to Replace Jim Moran in Virginia|author=Emily Cahn|work=Roll Call|date=January 24, 2014|access-date=January 24, 2014|archive-date=January 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125101634/http://atr.rollcall.com/democratic-field-to-replace-jim-moran-continues-to-grow/|url-status=live}} It was his first partisan race since losing the 1997 gubernatorial election. He won the June 10 Democratic primary with 45.7% of the vote.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/beyer-wins-va-democratic-primary-for-morans-seat/2014/06/10/558ddcd0-f102-11e3-85d2-cda8aebfefe0_story.html/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140612180151/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/beyer-wins-va-democratic-primary-for-morans-seat/2014/06/10/558ddcd0-f102-11e3-85d2-cda8aebfefe0_story.html/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2014|title=Beyer wins Va. Democratic Primary|newspaper=The Washington Post|agency=Associated Press|date=June 10, 2014|access-date=June 11, 2014}}

On November 4, Beyer defeated Republican nominee Micah Edmond and three others in the general election receiving 63.1% of the vote. But he had effectively clinched a seat in Congress in the primary. At the time, the 8th was Virginia's second-most Democratic district, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+16 (only the 3rd district was more Democratic).

Beyer is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.{{cite web|title=Caucus Members|url=https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71§iontree=2,71|publisher=Congressional Progressive Caucus|access-date=30 January 2018|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427164818/https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71§iontree=2,71|url-status=live}}

;2016

{{See also|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 8}}

Beyer defeated Republican nominee Charles Hernick, 68.6% to 27.4%.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/virginia-house-district-8-beyer-hernick|title=Virginia U.S. House 8th District Results: Don Beyer Jr. Wins|website=The New York Times|access-date=2017-05-12|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129085448/http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/virginia-house-district-8-beyer-hernick|url-status=live}}

;2018

{{See also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 8}}

Beyer defeated Republican nominee Thomas Oh, 76.3% to 23.7%.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/virginia-house-district-8|title=Virginia Election Results: Eighth House District|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106234809/https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/virginia-house-district-8|url-status=live}}

;2020

{{See also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 8}}

Beyer defeated Republican nominee Jeff Jordan, 75.8% to 24.0%.{{cite web |title=2020 November General Official Results |url=https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2020%20November%20General/Site/Congress.html |website=Virginia Department of Elections |access-date=16 March 2021 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203012722/https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2020%20November%20General/Site/Congress.html |url-status=dead }}

;2022

{{See also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 8}}

Beyer defeated Republican nominee Karina Lipsman, 73.5% to 24.8%.

2024

Beyer defeated Republican nominee Jerry Torres, 71.5% to 24.7%.{{Cite web |title=2024 November General Election Results |url=https://enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/public/Virginia/elections/2024NovemberGeneral |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=enr.elections.virginia.gov}}

Beyer was a frequent critic of the Trump administration. On April 13, 2017, he was the first lawmaker to call for senior White House adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner to lose his security clearance after it was revealed that Kushner had omitted numerous contacts with foreign nationals from his security clearance application.{{Cite news|last=Levy|first=Gabrielle|date=April 13, 2017|title=Dems: Suspend Kushner's Security Clearance|work=U.S. News & World Report|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-04-13/democrats-seek-suspension-of-jared-kushners-security-clearance|url-status=live|access-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108014454/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-04-13/democrats-seek-suspension-of-jared-kushners-security-clearance|archive-date=November 8, 2020}} In June 2017, Beyer renewed his call, sending a letter signed by more than 50 other House Democrats demanding that the White House immediately revoke Kushner's clearance, citing national security concerns.{{Cite web|last=Cheney|first=Kyle|date=2017-05-31|title=House Democrats: Revoke Kushner's security clearance|url=https://politi.co/2BZOkXV|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119233741/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/31/kushner-security-clearance-democrats-239001|archive-date=November 19, 2020|access-date=2020-07-27|website=POLITICO|language=en}}

Beyer wrote the Cost of Police Misconduct Act, which proposed to create a publicly accessible federal database over police misconduct allegations and settlements.{{Cite web|last=Collins|first=Sean|date=2020-12-15|title=A new bill would make all police misconduct allegations and settlements public|url=https://www.vox.com/22174400/cost-police-misconduct-act-beyer-allegations-settlements-public|access-date=2020-12-20|website=Vox|language=en}}

As of 2022, Beyer has voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight.{{Cite web |last=Bycoffe |first=Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron |date=2021-04-22 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/don-beyer/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506162528/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/don-beyer/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en}}

Beyer voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=2023-10-25 |title=House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last1=Washington |first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2023-10-25 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}} He declined to vote in favor of a resolution declaring anti-Zionism a form of antisemitism, instead voting present.{{Cite web |last=Metzger |first=Bryan |title=These 105 Democrats declined to vote for a resolution declaring 'anti-Zionism is antisemitism' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/which-democrats-voted-against-antizionism-antisemitism-resolution-2023-12 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

• Committee on Ways and Means
• Subcommittee on Trade
• Subcommittee on Tax
• Joint Economic Committee (Senior House Democrat)

• New Democrat Coalition{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/members|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208100356/https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/members|archive-date=February 8, 2018|access-date=6 February 2018|publisher=New Democrat Coalition}}
• Congressional Arts Caucus{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
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Beyer and his wife, Megan, have two children, Clara and Grace. He also has two children, Don and Stephanie, from a previous marriage,{{cite web |url=http://susanvogelmisicka.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/from-the-potomac-to-the-aare.pdf |title=From the Potomac to the Aare |access-date=September 23, 2011 |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425092553/http://susanvogelmisicka.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/from-the-potomac-to-the-aare.pdf |url-status=live }} and two grandchildren.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bellehavencc.com/files/ConnectionMay2011Final.pdf |title=Belle Haven newsletter |access-date=January 1, 2012 |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426082707/http://www.bellehavencc.com/files/ConnectionMay2011Final.pdf |url-status=live }} He is an Episcopalian.{{cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf|title=Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress|publisher=Pew Research Center|date=January 3, 2023}}

As of May 2019, according to OpenSecrets.org, Beyer's net worth was more than $124 million.{{cite web |last1=Evers-Hillstrom |first1=Karl |title=Majority of lawmakers in 116th Congress are millionaires |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/majority-of-lawmakers-millionaires/ |website=OpenSecrets.org |date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=23 March 2022}}

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