From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 9, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
0.27· expected 0.63

Below expectations

Rank 90 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 29 minority-party members without a committee lead

How far Kim’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 44
  2. Action in committee 3
  3. Action beyond committee 2
  4. Passed chamber 0
  5. Became law 0

44 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 43 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the Senate

How Kim’s ratings compare with every senator

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Kim.

Kim in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 9 missed of 915

Voted on 906 of 915 roll calls; missed 9. Higher than 79% of senators.

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Party loyalty

How it’s measured
96/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 25 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 832 votes that split the parties. Lower than 74% of senators.

75%100%
8/ 100

Chamber median 9 · −1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 75% of senators.

0%30%
−0.43

Democratic middle 80%: -0.51 to -0.23

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 48 (median 61) · cosponsored 459 (median 307.5), 227 as an original cosponsor (signed on the day the bill was introduced). Medians are for all voting members of the Senate. From congress.gov.

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Sponsored

Cosponsored