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The Lugar Center - McCourt School Bipartisan Index

Senate Scores

116th Congress First Session (2019)

       
       
Senator (by score)   Senator (alphabetical)
# Name State Party Score   # Name State Party Score
1 Susan Collins ME R 4.06075   50 Lamar Alexander TN R 0.17118
2 Lisa Murkowski AK R 2.67773   39 Tammy Baldwin WI D 0.48421
3 Cory Gardner CO R 2.39879   43 John Barrasso WY R 0.31496
4 Rob Portman OH R 2.25427   52 Michael Bennet CO D 0.14725
5 Kyrsten Sinema AZ D 1.75302   51 Marsha Blackburn TN R 0.16133
6 Martha McSally AZ R 1.73338   74 Richard Blumenthal CT D -0.30528
7 Shelley Capito WV R 1.72242   21 Roy Blunt MO R 0.96007
8 Bill Cassidy LA R 1.52154   92 Cory Booker NJ D -0.78644
9 Marco Rubio FL R 1.50000   15 John Boozman AR R 1.10052
10 Chuck Grassley IA R 1.31665   63 Mike Braun IN R -0.12678
11 Jon Tester MT D 1.29422   59 Sherrod Brown OH D 0.04420
12 Gary Peters MI D 1.28459   26 Richard Burr NC R 0.75652
13 Jerry Moran KS R 1.27733   72 Maria Cantwell WA D -0.28300
14 Dan Sullivan AK R 1.22303   7 Shelley Capito WV R 1.72242
15 John Boozman AR R 1.10052   47 Ben Cardin MD D 0.26734
16 John Cornyn TX R 1.06089   62 Tom Carper DE D -0.12272
17 Steve Daines MT R 1.05171   49 Bob Casey PA D 0.17880
18 Roger Wicker MS R 1.04619   8 Bill Cassidy LA R 1.52154
19 Kevin Cramer ND R 1.01841   1 Susan Collins ME R 4.06075
20 Maggie Hassan NH D 0.97883   24 Chris Coons DE D 0.93212
21 Roy Blunt MO R 0.96007   16 John Cornyn TX R 1.06089
22 Amy Klobuchar MN D 0.95944   58 Catherine Cortez Masto NV D 0.04974
23 Doug Jones AL D 0.94672   67 Tom Cotton AR R -0.19901
24 Chris Coons DE D 0.93212   19 Kevin Cramer ND R 1.01841
25 Ron Wyden OR D 0.78928   35 Mike Crapo ID R 0.59744
26 Richard Burr NC R 0.75652   86 Ted Cruz TX R -0.60480
27 Joe Manchin WV D 0.72536   17 Steve Daines MT R 1.05171
28 Thom Tillis NC R 0.71352   80 Tammy Duckworth IL D -0.44095
29 Tim Scott SC R 0.68911   83 Dick Durbin IL D -0.52055
30 Jeanne Shaheen NH D 0.68103   85 Mike Enzi WY R -0.58696
31 Johnny Isakson GA R 0.67818   34 Joni Ernst IA R 0.61966
32 Lindsey Graham SC R 0.66206   78 Dianne Feinstein CA D -0.41823
33 Jacky Rosen NV D 0.65054   54 Deb Fischer NE R 0.10543
34 Joni Ernst IA R 0.61966   3 Cory Gardner CO R 2.39879
35 Mike Crapo ID R 0.59744   65 Kirsten Gillibrand NY D -0.19178
36 Todd Young IN R 0.57985   32 Lindsey Graham SC R 0.66206
37 John Hoeven ND R 0.53437   10 Chuck Grassley IA R 1.31665
38 Mark Warner VA D 0.48923   93 Kamala Harris CA D -0.92670
39 Tammy Baldwin WI D 0.48421   20 Maggie Hassan NH D 0.97883
40 Pat Roberts KS R 0.46971   75 Josh Hawley MO R -0.36168
41 Mike Rounds SD R 0.41213   70 Martin Heinrich NM D -0.26784
42 John Thune SD R 0.31745   95 Mazie Hirono HI D -0.94442
43 John Barrasso WY R 0.31496   37 John Hoeven ND R 0.53437
44 Pat Toomey PA R 0.30574   89 Cindy Hyde-Smith MS R -0.75934
45 Angus King ME D 0.28371   64 Jim Inhofe OK R -0.16420
46 John Kennedy LA R 0.27467   31 Johnny Isakson GA R 0.67818
47 Ben Cardin MD D 0.26734   53 Ron Johnson WI R 0.11160
48 James Lankford OK R 0.22124   23 Doug Jones AL D 0.94672
49 Bob Casey PA D 0.17880   84 Tim Kaine VA D -0.57982
50 Lamar Alexander TN R 0.17118   46 John Kennedy LA R 0.27467
51 Marsha Blackburn TN R 0.16133   45 Angus King ME D 0.28371
52 Michael Bennet CO D 0.14725   22 Amy Klobuchar MN D 0.95944
53 Ron Johnson WI R 0.11160   48 James Lankford OK R 0.22124
54 Deb Fischer NE R 0.10543   73 Patrick Leahy VT D -0.28682
55 Bob Menéndez NJ D 0.09148   79 Mike Lee UT R -0.42155
56 Tina Smith MN D 0.08827   27 Joe Manchin WV D 0.72536
57 Jim Risch ID R 0.07970   69 Ed Markey MA D -0.23683
58 Catherine Cortez Masto NV D 0.04974   6 Martha McSally AZ R 1.73338
59 Sherrod Brown OH D 0.04420   55 Bob Menéndez NJ D 0.09148
60 Debbie Stabenow MI D -0.03482   87 Jeff Merkley OR D -0.63340
61 Mitt Romney UT R -0.11596   13 Jerry Moran KS R 1.27733
62 Tom Carper DE D -0.12272   2 Lisa Murkowski AK R 2.67773
63 Mike Braun IN R -0.12678   90 Chris Murphy CT D -0.77071
64 Jim Inhofe OK R -0.16420   96 Patty Murray WA D -1.05447
65 Kirsten Gillibrand NY D -0.19178   82 Rand Paul KY R -0.45559
66 Elizabeth Warren MA D -0.19189   71 David Perdue GA R -0.26947
67 Tom Cotton AR R -0.19901   12 Gary Peters MI D 1.28459
68 Chris Van Hollen MD D -0.21604   4 Rob Portman OH R 2.25427
69 Ed Markey MA D -0.23683   91 Jack Reed RI D -0.77296
70 Martin Heinrich NM D -0.26784   57 Jim Risch ID R 0.07970
71 David Perdue GA R -0.26947   40 Pat Roberts KS R 0.46971
72 Maria Cantwell WA D -0.28300   61 Mitt Romney UT R -0.11596
73 Patrick Leahy VT D -0.28682   33 Jacky Rosen NV D 0.65054
74 Richard Blumenthal CT D -0.30528   41 Mike Rounds SD R 0.41213
75 Josh Hawley MO R -0.36168   9 Marco Rubio FL R 1.50000
76 Sheldon Whitehouse RI D -0.38024   98 Bernie Sanders VT D -1.64345
77 Brian Schatz HI D -0.41114   94 Ben Sasse NE R -0.92949
78 Dianne Feinstein CA D -0.41823   77 Brian Schatz HI D -0.41114
79 Mike Lee UT R -0.42155   81 Rick Scott FL R -0.45354
80 Tammy Duckworth IL D -0.44095   29 Tim Scott SC R 0.68911
81 Rick Scott FL R -0.45354   30 Jeanne Shaheen NH D 0.68103
82 Rand Paul KY R -0.45559   97 Richard Shelby AL R -1.13523
83 Dick Durbin IL D -0.52055   5 Kyrsten Sinema AZ D 1.75302
84 Tim Kaine VA D -0.57982   56 Tina Smith MN D 0.08827
85 Mike Enzi WY R -0.58696   60 Debbie Stabenow MI D -0.03482
86 Ted Cruz TX R -0.60480   14 Dan Sullivan AK R 1.22303
87 Jeff Merkley OR D -0.63340   11 Jon Tester MT D 1.29422
88 Tom Udall NM D -0.65745   42 John Thune SD R 0.31745
89 Cindy Hyde-Smith MS R -0.75934   28 Thom Tillis NC R 0.71352
90 Chris Murphy CT D -0.77071   44 Pat Toomey PA R 0.30574
91 Jack Reed RI D -0.77296   88 Tom Udall NM D -0.65745
92 Cory Booker NJ D -0.78644   68 Chris Van Hollen MD D -0.21604
93 Kamala Harris CA D -0.92670   38 Mark Warner VA D 0.48923
94 Ben Sasse NE R -0.92949   66 Elizabeth Warren MA D -0.19189
95 Mazie Hirono HI D -0.94442   76 Sheldon Whitehouse RI D -0.38024
96 Patty Murray WA D -1.05447   18 Roger Wicker MS R 1.04619
97 Richard Shelby AL R -1.13523   25 Ron Wyden OR D 0.78928
98 Bernie Sanders VT D -1.64345   36 Todd Young IN R 0.57985
                         
GovTrack data was used in the production of these scores
                         
Notes:
                         
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are excluded.
                         
Senators who are independent but caucus with a party for purposes of determining which party is in the majority are counted as a member of that party.