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Senate · Roll call 11 · 2nd session · Jan. 20, 2022 A vote to confirm Holly A. Thomas, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.

Nomination Confirmed48–40 Nomination Party-line vote
Question
On the Nomination
Official record
Senate roll call 11, 117th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
117-s539, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 117th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
PN 1169

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 46 · No 0 · Did not vote 2
Republicans
Yes 0 · No 40 · Did not vote 10
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

President's positions

President Biden's position: wanted a Yes vote

“Nominated by the President: Holly A. Thomas, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit”

Source: Nomination · Automatic

About this vote

The Senate votes on the nomination (PN 1169) of Holly A. Thomas, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. A Yes vote confirms the nominee to the post.

This summary was drafted and checked with AI (Claude) using only the official record of the vote. Report an error

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanNo
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
Tommy TubervilleALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
Tom CottonARRepublicanNo
Kyrsten SinemaAZDemocratDid not vote
Mark KellyAZDemocratYes
Alex PadillaCADemocratYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
John W. HickenlooperCODemocratYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
Rick ScottFLRepublicanNo
Jon OssoffGADemocratYes
Raphael G. WarnockGADemocratYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanNo
Joni ErnstIARepublicanNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratYes
Mike BraunINRepublicanNo
Todd YoungINRepublicanNo
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanDid not vote
Roger MarshallKSRepublicanDid not vote
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanDid not vote
John KennedyLARepublicanNo
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Chris Van HollenMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanNo
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratYes
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Tina SmithMNDemocratYes
Josh HawleyMORepublicanNo
Roy BluntMORepublicanNo
Cindy Hyde-SmithMSRepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratDid not vote
Steve DainesMTRepublicanNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanDid not vote
Thom TillisNCRepublicanNo
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Kevin CramerNDRepublicanDid not vote
Ben SasseNERepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Margaret Wood HassanNHDemocratYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Ben Ray LujánNMDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Catherine Cortez MastoNVDemocratYes
Jacky RosenNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James LankfordOKRepublicanNo
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanDid not vote
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanDid not vote
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanNo
Tim ScottSCRepublicanDid not vote
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanDid not vote
Bill HagertyTNRepublicanNo
Marsha BlackburnTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Mitt RomneyUTRepublicanNo
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentYes
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanDid not vote
Cynthia M. LummisWYRepublicanNo
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo