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U.S. Senator from Virginia · Class II

Mark R. Warner

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 5, 2026 · How we measure

90LoyaltyMed 96
96AttendMed 98
15BipartMed 9
78BreaksMed 31
In office
Senate 2009–now
17 years in CongressMore senior than 66% of the Senate
Committees
  • Select Committee on Intelligence 1st minority
  • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 3rd minority
  • Rules and Administration 3rd minority
Age
71

2026 election

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 6, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date62161033691578
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—5722676912

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 31% 18%
Taxation 9% 13%
Health 11% 26%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Health; bills go to Health and Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Health Care Coverage (Health).
  • 61 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Ranking memberSecurities, Insurance, and Investment SubcommitteeBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Vice ChairSenate Democratic ConferenceParty leadership · Since Jan 2023
Vice chairSelect Committee on IntelligenceFull committee
MemberBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee3rd minority

+3 more on Background

Ranking member on the Securities, Insurance, and Investment Subcommittee, more senior than 66% of the Senate, in the minority.

  • 17 years in Congress: more senior than 66% of the Senate.
  • Minority: Democrats and the independents who caucus with them hold 47 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

42% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Warner.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

42% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Gallego and Coons.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 61 · expected 67.5
Action in committee 6 · expected 7
Beyond committee 6 · expected 6
Passed Senate 0 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 77 of 100 in the Senate

0.47expected 0.64 · average member 1.00

0 of 61 bills passed the Senate; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.47 against a peer median of 0.64.

  • On the move: S. 4623 (out of committee), S. 3630 (out of committee), S. 815 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.22
Environmental Protection2 of 17

With his party on the other 14 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 9 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 90% of party-line votes, breaks 78 times (peer median 22), most on Environmental Protection.

  • Position: −0.22, outside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Nominations 29 of 209, Finance and Financial Sector 7 of 19, Energy & environment 5 of 26.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Warner$20.2M raised24%28%12%36%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

51% of what he raised came from individuals; 24% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$20.2M raised, 12% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2020): won by 12.1 points.

187 PACs of the 414 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Mortgage Bankers Association39% D
  2. Vertex Pharmaceuticals59% D
  3. A New Direction100% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

199 bills

Warner voted Yea on 8, Nay on 21, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 169 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

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