U.S. Senate · Virginia

Sen. Tim Kaine

Democrat Serving since Jan. 3, 2013Term ends Jan. 3, 2031

Where they sit

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

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

Tim Kaine'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 Congress43rdpercentile
More liberal than 56% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
231st most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress89thpercentile
More conservative than 89% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
29th most conservative of 259
The Senate41stpercentile
More liberal than 58% of Senate members.
Most liberalMost conservative
42nd 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
90%
Q1 2025: 89% → Q3 2026: 90%

Lower than 41 of 47 Senate Democrats.

Actual90%
Expected94%
Difference−4 pts

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 Tim Kaine. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

On 829 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 91%See the 829 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
17%all votes
Q1 2025: 28% → Q3 2026: 12%

Higher than 39 of 47 Senate Democrats.

Actual17%
Expected12%
Difference+5 pts

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 Tim Kaine. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

Based on 308 votes9% on legislation onlySee the 308 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Tim Kaine 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 Tim Kaine 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

Tim Kaine and Mark R. Warner voted the same way on 90% of votes.

How Virginia voted for president in 2024

Harris 52.1%Trump 46.3%

Contact

Phone
202-224-4024
Office
231 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Contact form
www.kaine.senate.gov

Issue by issue

How often Tim Kaine 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.

Tim Kaine votes with their party about equally often on every issue.

Tim KaineAverage for Senate Democrats
  1. Nominations 84%Average 94% · 442 votes on Nominations
  2. Environmental Protection 89%Average 99% · 18 votes on Environmental Protection
  3. Armed Forces and National Security 90%Average 97% · 10 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  4. Economics and Public Finance 96%Average 98% · 182 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  5. International Affairs 100%Average 93% · 31 votes on International Affairs
  6. Immigration 100%Average 95% · 34 votes on Immigration
  7. Finance and Financial Sector 100%Average 87% · 19 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  8. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 99% · 15 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  9. Energy 100%Average 98% · 13 votes on Energy
  10. Government Operations and Politics 100%Average 99% · 11 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  11. Congress 100%Average 100% · 13 votes on Congress
  12. Transportation and Public Works 100%Average 100% · 12 votes on Transportation and Public Works
  13. Foreign Trade and International Finance 100%Average 100% · 6 votes on Foreign Trade and International Finance
  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

4 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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