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Sheldon Whitehouse

Democratic · Holds US Senate, Rhode Island
Years in Congress
19
Age
71
Races
Won 5 of 6

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Spectrum

Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works

By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)

Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source

Method and limits

Published score −0.836 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 20,632 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.

Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.

Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.

Now

Not on the 2026 ballot

Career

YearRaceResultShareLost to, or other round
2024US Senate, RIWon59.9%
2018US Senate, RIWon · primary won 76.8%61.4%
2012US Senate, RIWon · primary won 100%64.8%
2006US Senate, RIWon · primary won 81.5%53.5%
2002Governor, RI · electionLost
1998Attorney General, RIWon

Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.

Senate votes

119th Congress, through Sept 30, 2026

915 roll calls. Yea 297, Nay 582, Not voting 36.

Roll calls missed
3.9%
Voted with own party when parties split
95.1%
How these are counted

Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.

Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 810 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 770. We pick no votes ourselves.

Senate votes come from Voteview. Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Showing the newest 8 of 915

  1. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 256

    On the Nomination · PN1129

    Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor

    Vote: Not votingNomination Confirmed, 47 to 41

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  2. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 255

    On the Cloture Motion · PN1129

    Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor

    Vote: NayCloture Motion Agreed to, 53 to 47

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  3. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 254

    On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR9340

    A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.

    Vote: NayCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected, 57 to 43

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  4. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 253

    On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR7008

    A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.

    Vote: NayCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected, 53 to 47

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  5. Sep 29, 2026 · Senate roll call 252

    On the Motion to Discharge · SRES852

    A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

    Vote: YeaMotion to Discharge Rejected, 47 to 51

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  6. Sep 29, 2026 · Senate roll call 251

    On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES197

    A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".

    Vote: YeaMotion to Proceed Rejected, 48 to 51

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  7. Sep 28, 2026 · Senate roll call 250

    On Passage of the Bill · S4668

    A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.

    Vote: NayBill Passed, 77 to 22

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  8. Sep 28, 2026 · Senate roll call 249

    On the Amendment · S4668

    To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.

    Vote: YeaAmendment Rejected, 47 to 52

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

Legislation

119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026

Sponsored 54 bills and 49 resolutions. Cosponsored 323 bills and 129 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.

Latest bills Sheldon Whitehouse sponsored

More about Sheldon Whitehouse

Offices held (4 terms and offices)

  • 2007 to nowUS SenateDemocratic

Committees (17 assignments)

  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Ranking Member

    • Ex Officio of the Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight subcommittee
    • Ex Officio of the Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety subcommittee
    • Ex Officio of the Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife subcommittee
    • Ex Officio of the Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee

  • Senate Committee on Finance

    • Health Care subcommittee
    • International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness subcommittee
    • Taxation and IRS Oversight subcommittee

  • Senate Committee on the Budget

  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary

    • Ranking Member of the Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights subcommittee
    • Border Security and Immigration subcommittee
    • Intellectual Property subcommittee
    • the Constitution subcommittee

  • United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, Chairman

  • Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Sources (9 sources)

  • Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
  • Took office in Congress 2007-01-04. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).

Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.

DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: Voteview, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits