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Catherine Cortez Masto

U.S. Senator · Nevada · Democrat

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
1.98· expected 0.63

Above expectations

Rank 10 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 29 minority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 113
  2. Action in committee 26
  3. Action beyond committee 18
  4. Passed chamber 6
  5. Became law 0

113 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 1 significant (got a roll call vote), 112 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the Senate

Became law inside another bill (1)

Cortez Masto’s own bill stalled, but the Congressional Research Service lists an identical bill, or one with similar text, that became law. Shown for context; not counted in the score, which follows the Center for Effective Lawmaking. How this works

How Cortez Masto’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 Cortez Masto.

Cortez Masto in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured
98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 18 missed of 915

Voted on 897 of 915 roll calls; missed 18. Higher than 52% of senators.

85%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
92/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 39 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 825 votes that split the parties. Lower than 89% of senators.

75%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
14/ 100

Chamber median 9 · +5

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 89% of senators.

0%30%

Position

How it’s measured
−0.34

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 123 (median 61) · cosponsored 415 (median 307.5), 210 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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Cosponsored