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Senate · Roll call 251 · 2nd session · Sept. 24, 2024 A vote to confirm Michael Sfraga, of Alaska, to be Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs.
Nomination Confirmed55–36 Nomination
Party-line vote
- Question
- On the Nomination
- Official record
- Senate roll call 251, 118th Congress, 2nd session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 118-s603, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 118th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
- Bill
- PN 1342
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
President Biden's position: wanted a Yes vote
“Nominated by the President: Michael Sfraga, of Alaska, to be Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs”
Source: Nomination · Automatic
About this vote
This is the Senate vote on whether to confirm the nomination (PN 1342) of Michael Sfraga to be Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs. A Yes vote supports confirmation, which requires a simple majority of senators voting.
This summary was drafted and checked with AI (Claude) using only the official record of the vote. Report an error
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sullivan | AK | Republican | Did not vote |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | Yes |
| Katie Boyd Britt | AL | Republican | No |
| Tommy Tuberville | AL | Republican | No |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | No |
| Tom Cotton | AR | Republican | Did not vote |
| Kyrsten Sinema | AZ | Independent | Yes |
| Mark Kelly | AZ | Democrat | Yes |
| Alex Padilla | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Laphonza R. Butler | CA | Democrat | Did not vote |
| John W. Hickenlooper | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Republican | No |
| Rick Scott | FL | Republican | No |
| Jon Ossoff | GA | Democrat | Yes |
| Raphael G. Warnock | GA | Democrat | Yes |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | No |
| Joni Ernst | IA | Republican | No |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | No |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | No |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Tammy Duckworth | IL | Democrat | Yes |
| Mike Braun | IN | Republican | No |
| Todd Young | IN | Republican | No |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | No |
| Roger Marshall | KS | Republican | No |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | No |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | No |
| Bill Cassidy | LA | Republican | Yes |
| John Kennedy | LA | Republican | No |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | Yes |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Gary C. Peters | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Tina Smith | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Eric Schmitt | MO | Republican | No |
| Josh Hawley | MO | Republican | No |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith | MS | Republican | Did not vote |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | No |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Steve Daines | MT | Republican | No |
| Ted Budd | NC | Republican | No |
| Thom Tillis | NC | Republican | Yes |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | No |
| Kevin Cramer | ND | Republican | Yes |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | No |
| Pete Ricketts | NE | Republican | No |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Margaret Wood Hassan | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Cory A. Booker | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| George S. Helmy | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Ben Ray Luján | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Jacky Rosen | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| J.D. Vance | OH | Republican | Did not vote |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | Yes |
| James Lankford | OK | Republican | No |
| Markwayne Mullin | OK | Republican | Yes |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| John Fetterman | PA | Democrat | Yes |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA | Democrat | Yes |
| Jack Reed | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Republican | Yes |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | No |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | No |
| Mike Rounds | SD | Republican | No |
| Bill Hagerty | TN | Republican | No |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN | Republican | No |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | No |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | No |
| Mitt Romney | UT | Republican | No |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Tim Kaine | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Independent | Did not vote |
| Peter Welch | VT | Democrat | Yes |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | No |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | Yes |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Independent | Yes |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV | Republican | Yes |
| Cynthia M. Lummis | WY | Republican | No |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | No |