Gary C. Peters

U.S. Senator · Michigan · Democrat · Ranking Member, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured

2.91· expected 0.95

Above expectations

Rank 5 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 18 minority-party ranking members

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

76 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 76 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the Senate

Became law (1)

1 national policy

S. 2878 Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization ActReauthorizes Great Lakes fishery research programs. AI-readBecame law Dec 26, 2025 · Public Lands and Natural ResourcesNational policy

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Peters’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 Peters.

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

Attendance

How it’s measured

98/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 19 missed of 915

Voted on 896 of 915 roll calls; missed 19. Higher than 50% of senators.

85%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

95/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 31 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 823 votes that split the parties. Lower than 81% of senators.

75%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

11/ 100

Chamber median 9 · +2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 77% of senators.

0%30%

Position

How it’s measured

−0.25

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.

LiberalConservative

Peters’s bills that became law

All bills

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Peters’s effectiveness score.

1 national policy

S. 2878 Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization ActReauthorizes Great Lakes fishery research programs. AI-readPublic Lands and Natural Resources · Became law Dec 26, 2025Substantive133 words National policy

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.