From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 11, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
0.46· expected 0.63

Meets expectations

Rank 78 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 29 minority-party members without a committee lead

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

  1. Introduced 49
  2. Action in committee 5
  3. Action beyond committee 2
  4. Passed chamber 1
  5. Became law 0

49 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 46 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the Senate

How Baldwin’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 Baldwin.

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

100/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 1 missed of 916

Voted on 915 of 916 roll calls; missed 1. Higher than 96% of senators.

85%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
98/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 17 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 840 votes that split the parties. Lower than 61% 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%
−0.48

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 56 (median 61) · cosponsored 148 (median 307.5), 240 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