U.S. Senate · Maryland

Sen. Chris Van Hollen

Democrat Serving since Jan. 3, 2017Term ends Jan. 3, 2029

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the Senate. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Van Hollen
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Chris Van Hollen's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress22ndpercentile
More liberal than 77% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
118th most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress45thpercentile
More liberal than 54% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
118th most liberal of 259
The Senate16thpercentile
More liberal than 83% of Senate members.
Most liberalMost conservative
17th most liberal of 100

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
100%
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 100%

Highest of all 47 Senate Democrats.

Actual100%
Expected100%
DifferenceAbout the same

Expected is the typical score for senators of the same party whose states voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 65%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is Chris Van Hollen. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

On 826 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 100%See the 826 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
2%all votes
Q1 2025: 2% → Q3 2026: 8%

Lower than 42 of 47 Senate Democrats.

Actual2%
Expected2%
DifferenceAbout the same

Expected is the typical score for senators of the same party whose states voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is Chris Van Hollen. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

Based on 302 votes5% on legislation onlySee the 302 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Chris Van Hollen went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the Senate this Congress, with how Chris Van Hollen voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

Chris Van Hollen and Angela D. Alsobrooks voted the same way on 96% of votes.

How Maryland voted for president in 2024

Harris 63.1%Trump 34.3%

Contact

Phone
202-224-4654
Office
730 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Contact form
www.vanhollen.senate.gov

Issue by issue

How often Chris Van Hollen votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Chris Van Hollen votes with their party about equally often on every issue.

Chris Van HollenAverage for Senate Democrats
  1. Nominations 100%Average 94% · 438 votes on Nominations
  2. Economics and Public Finance 100%Average 98% · 184 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  3. International Affairs 100%Average 93% · 31 votes on International Affairs
  4. Immigration 100%Average 95% · 34 votes on Immigration
  5. Environmental Protection 100%Average 99% · 18 votes on Environmental Protection
  6. Finance and Financial Sector 100%Average 87% · 19 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  7. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 99% · 14 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  8. Energy 100%Average 98% · 13 votes on Energy
  9. Government Operations and Politics 100%Average 99% · 13 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  10. Transportation and Public Works 100%Average 100% · 12 votes on Transportation and Public Works
  11. Foreign Trade and International Finance 100%Average 100% · 6 votes on Foreign Trade and International Finance
  12. Congress 100%Average 100% · 11 votes on Congress
  13. Armed Forces and National Security 100%Average 97% · 10 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  14. Taxation 100%Average 77% · 7 votes on Taxation

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Sports and Recreation (4 votes), Health (4 votes), Emergency Management (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (2 votes), Education (2 votes), Crime and Law Enforcement (1 vote), Families (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

1 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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