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Member brief · 119th Congress

Sen. Christopher A. Coons

D · Democrat · U.S. Senator, Delaware1

In Congress
Since 2010 · 15 years
 Election held
Nov 3, 2026
 Committee leadership (+1 more)
Vice Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Ethics
Ranking Member, Department of Defense

CommitteesAppropriations; Foreign Relations; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Judiciary +1 more2

Participation3

94 / 100

Chamber median 98
863 of 915 roll calls

Party unity3

94 / 100

Chamber median 99
on 793 party-line votes

Cross-party agreement3

11 / 100

Chamber median 9
on 842 contested votes

Ideology score4

−0.24

Chamber median +0.32
−1 left · +1 right

Notable votes and votes by issue

In the full brief: five notable recent votes chosen by a fixed rule (most recent breaks with party first), each with the member’s vote, the party’s position and a source, plus how often Coons votes with the party on each issue.

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Money and lobbying

In the full brief: how many of Coons’s PACs belong to organizations that lobbied on bills Coons voted on or cosponsored, with the dollars beside the chamber median; the top bills; campaign totals and the top PACs.

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Votes most like5

D Amy Klobuchar MN 95% of 830
D Tammy Baldwin WI 94% of 840
D Maria Cantwell WA 94% of 840

Share of roll calls both voted on where they voted the same way.

2026 race

Nov 3, 2026 · Election held · Not yet called7

Election held Nov 3 · Not yet called

Ballot not yet checked

Data as of Nov 7, 2026 · votes through Sep 30, 2026 · Method: https://oathstar.com/methodology · Live profile: https://oathstar.com/people/christopher-a-coons

  1. 1. Member record and terms: congress.gov; unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-07. www.congress.gov/people/C001088
  2. 2. Committees: unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-07. github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
  3. 3. Participation, party unity, cross-party agreement, votes by issue: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress, retrieved 2026-11-07. voteview.com/person/40916
  4. 4. Ideology: DW-NOMINATE first dimension, Voteview, 119th Congress. voteview.com/person/40916
  1. 5. Votes most like: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress. voteview.com/data
  2. 6. Candidates: FEC filings, 2026 DE-SENATE race, retrieved 2026-11-06. www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/DE/2026/
  3. 7. November ballot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections, as of 2026-10-05. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections

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