Lisa Blunt Rochester DE Democratic Senator

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Ms. Lisa Blunt Rochester
Current Democratic Senator
Delaware
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Voting record, 119th Congress

99.3%Attendance909 of 915 roll calls cast

6Roll calls missed

99.5%Voted with the Democratic majorityon the 840 party-line votes

4Yea or Nay against the Democratic majorityon party-line votes

How these are counted

Attendance is the share of roll calls held while the member was in office on which they voted Yea, Nay or Present. A party-line vote is a roll call on which a majority of Republicans voted against a majority of Democrats. Voting with the Democratic majority is the share of the member’s cast votes on those roll calls that matched that majority. The roll calls come from Voteview, which compiles each vote from the official record; Votewiser does the counting. Citation: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Last 10 votes cast

Date	Measure	Question	Vote	Result
Sep 30, 2026	NominationKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor	On the Nomination	Nay	Nomination Confirmed
Sep 30, 2026	NominationKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Cloture Motion Agreed to
Sep 30, 2026	H.R. 9340A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Sep 30, 2026	H.R. 7008A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Sep 29, 2026	S.Res. 852A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.	On the Motion to Discharge	Yea	Motion to Discharge Rejected
Sep 29, 2026	S.J.Res. 197A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Bene…	On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Motion to Proceed Rejected
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.	On Passage of the Bill	Nay	Bill Passed
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.	On the Amendment	Yea	Amendment Rejected
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.	On the Amendment	Yea	Amendment Rejected
Sep 28, 2026	S. 4668To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.	On the Amendment	Yea	Amendment Rejected

Votes against the Democratic majority

Date	Measure	Member voted	Party majority
May 21, 2025	S. 1582A bill to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes.	Yea	Nay
May 19, 2025	S. 1582A bill to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes.	Yea	Nay
Jan 27, 2025	NominationScott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of the Treasury	Yea	Nay
Jan 25, 2025	NominationScott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of the Treasury	Yea	Nay

Source: Voteview · votes through Sep 30, 2026, the latest in Voteview’s data · Senate roll calls

Bills, 119th Congress

45Sponsoredbills and resolutions introduced

333Cosponsored

0Sponsored that became law1 sponsored or cosponsored became law

99Cross-party cosponsorshipsbills from another party’s sponsor

47.4%Sponsored bills with a cross-party cosponsorH.R. and S. bills only

How these are counted

Sponsored counts every bill and resolution the member introduced; cosponsored excludes withdrawn cosponsorships. A cross-party cosponsorship is cosponsoring a measure whose sponsor belongs to another party. The last figure is the share of the member’s H.R. or S. bills with at least one cosponsor from another party.

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Policy area	Bills
Health	56
Finance and Financial Sector	26
Government Operations and Politics	25
Labor and Employment	23
Environmental Protection	22

Policy areas are assigned by the Congressional Research Service, one per bill. Top five shown.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS · as of Oct 27, 2026

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

97.1%With the Democratic majorityon 900 issue votes

22Against both partiesmost Democrats and most Republicans voted the other way

4With the Republican majorityon party-line votes

This is not a left–right score. A vote against the party can come from either side of it; the list below shows who else voted the same way.

Issue	Votes	With the Democratic majority	Against both parties	With the Republican majority	Rank among Democrats
Nominations	453	97.4%	10	2	15th of 47
Economics and Public Finance	200	99.5%	1	0	3rd of 47
Immigration	37	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (15)
International Affairs	35	91.4%	3	0	28th of 47
Congress	19	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (47)
Environmental Protection	19	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (41)
Finance and Financial Sector	19	89.5%	0	2	28th of 47
Armed Forces and National Security	18	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (24)
Public Lands and Natural Resources	15	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (44)
Energy	13	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (41)
Government Operations and Politics	13	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (43)
Sports and Recreation	12	50.0%	6	0	32nd of 47
Transportation and Public Works	11	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (45)
Other issues (9)Fewer than 10 votes each: Housing and Community Development, Taxation, Foreign Trade and International Finance, Crime and Law Enforcement, Health, Education, Emergency Management, Science, Technology, Communications, Families	36	94.4%	2	0	—

Rank: 1st = voted with the Democratic majority most often on that issue, among Senate Democrats who cast at least 10 votes on it.

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Nominations · 12

Aug 2, 2025 · Nomination · Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 16 other Democrats.
Aug 2, 2025 · Cloture on Nomination · Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 18 other Democrats.
Apr 29, 2025 · Nomination · Tilman Fertitta, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Italian Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republi…
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 13 other Democrats.
Apr 29, 2025 · Cloture on Nomination · Tilman Fertitta, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Italian Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republi…
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 12 other Democrats.
Mar 11, 2025 · Nomination · Abigail Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 17 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Rand Paul.
Mar 11, 2025 · Cloture on Nomination · Abigail Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 17 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Rand Paul.
Feb 4, 2025 · Nomination · Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 22 other Democrats.
Jan 30, 2025 · Nomination · Douglas Burgum, of North Dakota, to be Secretary of the Interior
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 17 other Democrats.
Jan 29, 2025 · Cloture on Nomination · Douglas Burgum, of North Dakota, to be Secretary of the Interior
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 19 other Democrats.
Jan 28, 2025 · Nomination · Sean Duffy, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Transportation
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 21 other Democrats.
and 2 more

Economics and Public Finance · 1

Aug 8, 2026 · Motion to table H.R. 6500 · To strike section 2019.
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 10 other Democrats; 21 Republicans.

International Affairs · 3

Aug 7, 2026 · H.R. 5334 · An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purpos…
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 9 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Rand Paul.
Jul 29, 2026 · Taking up H.R. 5334 · A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 10 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Rand Paul.
Jul 28, 2026 · Cloture on taking up H.R. 5334 · A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 10 other Democrats; 1 Republican: Rand Paul.

Finance and Financial Sector · 2

May 21, 2025 · Taking up S. 1582 · A bill to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 17 other Democrats.
May 19, 2025 · Cloture on taking up S. 1582 · A bill to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea; most Democrats voted Nay, most Republicans Yea. Also voting Yea: 15 other Democrats.

Sports and Recreation · 6

Sep 28, 2026 · S. 4668 · A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate …
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 19 other Democrats; 2 Republicans: Rand Paul, Rick Scott.
Sep 24, 2026 · Cloture on S. 4668 · A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate …
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 21 other Democrats; 3 Republicans: Ashley Moody, Rand Paul, Rick Scott.
Sep 24, 2026 · Amendment to S. 4668 · In the nature of a substitute.
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 19 other Democrats; 3 Republicans: Ashley Moody, Rand Paul, Rick Scott.
Sep 22, 2026 · Cloture on S. 4668 · In the nature of a substitute.
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 17 other Democrats; 3 Republicans: Ashley Moody, Rand Paul, Rick Scott.
Sep 17, 2026 · Taking up S. 4668 · A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate …
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 18 other Democrats; 3 Republicans: Ashley Moody, Rand Paul, Rick Scott.
Sep 15, 2026 · Cloture on taking up S. 4668 · A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate …
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 19 other Democrats; 4 Republicans: Ashley Moody, Rand Paul, Rick Scott, Tommy Tuberville.

Crime and Law Enforcement · 2

Mar 14, 2025 · S. 331 · A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 15 other Democrats.
Mar 13, 2025 · Cloture on S. 331 · A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 14 other Democrats.

How these are counted

Each roll call takes the policy area the Library of Congress gave the bill it is about; a vote on an amendment counts under its bill. 907 of the Senate’s 915 roll calls this Congress have an issue. Left out as procedural (8): votes on House rules and the previous question, motions to recommit or adjourn, quorum calls and the Speaker election. Nominations are their own issue. “With the Democratic majority” counts every issue vote on which most Democrats voted the same way, Yea or Nay. “Against both parties” = most Democrats and most Republicans voted one way and this member the other. “With the Republican majority” = a party-line vote (most of each party on opposite sides) on which this member sided with the Republicans. Independents count with the party they caucus with. The Senate roll calls come from Voteview; Votewiser does the counting. Citation: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Source: votes: Voteview · issue areas: Library of Congress policy areas · votes through Sep 30, 2026

Committee assignments

Committee	Role	Side	Seniority rank
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	Member	Minority	10
Economic Policy	Member	Minority	4
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development	Member	Minority	4
Securities, Insurance, and Investment	Member	Minority	6
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation	Member	Minority	13
Telecommunications and Media	Member	Minority	12
Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy	Member	Minority	7
Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries	Ranking Member	Minority	1
Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness	Member	Minority	5
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works	Member	Minority	8
Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight	Member	Minority	4
Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety	Member	Minority	7
Transportation and Infrastructure	Member	Minority	7
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions	Member	Minority	10
Education and the American Family	Ranking Member	Minority	1
Primary Health and Retirement Security	Member	Minority	8

Seniority rank is the member’s order among their own party’s members on that committee; 1 is the most senior.

Source: congress-legislators (CC0) · as of Oct 27, 2026

Congress	Years	Chamber	Role	State	District
119th Congress	2025–present	Senate	Senator	Delaware (DE)	—
118th Congress	2023–2025	House of Representatives	Representative	Delaware (DE)	—
117th Congress	2021–2023	House of Representatives	Representative	Delaware (DE)	—
116th Congress	2019–2021	House of Representatives	Representative	Delaware (DE)	—
115th Congress	2017–2019	House of Representatives	Representative	Delaware (DE)	—

Elections

Elected to the 115th Congress on November 8, 2016; reelected to each succeeding Congress; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 2024.¹

The election history as listed in the Congressional Directory.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Overview Donors

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

$1,225,182Raised

$1,265,539Spent

$104,100Cash on hand

$0Debts owed by the campaign

Where the money came from

Source	Amount	Share
Individuals, itemizeddonors giving more than $200 in the cycle, named in filings	$434,519	35.5%
Individuals, unitemized$200 or less in the cycle, not named	$231,833	18.9%
PACs and other committees	$354,000	28.9%
Party committees	$0	0.0%
All other receiptstransfers, loans, refunds and offsets	$204,830	16.7%

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported by groups not tied to the campaign: $0 supporting this candidate, $0 opposing. Details on FEC.gov

More on this campaign’s money

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Sep 30, 2026

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Top employers of individual donors

Employer named by donors	Amount
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC.	$13,000
LINKEDIN CORPORATION	$7,000
OCEAN ATLANTIC COMPANIES	$7,000
APOLLO GLOBAL MANGEMENT	$7,000
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC	$6,000
GENNX 360	$5,250
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON	$5,000
MOONLIGHT PROPERTIES	$5,000
ROCKET COMPANIES LLC	$5,000
AURORA PICTURES	$5,000

Contributions from individuals who listed that employer, itemized only. Companies themselves cannot give to a federal candidate’s campaign.

Entries that name no employer, as written on the filings: NOT EMPLOYED $80,920 · N/A $35,495 · SELF EMPLOYED $22,710 · SELF-EMPLOYED $11,956.

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Sep 30, 2026

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Profile

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At a glance

Born	February 10, 1962^1,2
Birthplace	Philadelphia, PA^1,2
Home town listed	Wilmington, DE¹
Party	Democratic¹

Education

B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, NJ, 1985
M.A., University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2003

As listed in the Congressional Directory.¹

Professional history

Staffer, U.S. Representative Tom Carper
Deputy secretary, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, 1993-98
Secretary, Delaware Department of Labor, 1998-2001
Director, Delaware State Personnel Office, 2001-04
Chief executive officer, Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, 2004-07
Senior fellow, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2012-15

As the member’s office lists it in the Congressional Directory, in that order.¹

Biographical Directory entry

BLUNT ROCHESTER, Lisa, a Representative and a Senator from Delaware; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 10, 1962; graduated from Padua Academy, Wilmington, Del., 1980; B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, N.J., 1985; M.A., University of Delaware, Newark, Del., 2003; staff, United States Representative Thomas Richard Carper of Delaware; deputy secretary, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, 1993-1998; Delaware state secretary of labor 1998-2001; personnel director, Delaware Office of Management and Budget 2001-2004; chief executive officer, Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, 2004-2007; senior fellow, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass., 2012-2015; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2017-January 3, 2025); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2024 for the term ending January 3, 2031.²

The official summary kept by the House and Senate historians, word for word.

Offices

Washington, DC

513 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
202-224-2441

Local offices

City	Address	Phone
Georgetown, DE	12 The Circle	302-856-7690
Dover, DE	555 East Loockerman St., Suite 300	302-674-3308

Office list: congress-legislators (CC0), as of Oct 27, 2026.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Office of the Historian, U.S. House (History, Art & Archives).

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Voting record, 119th Congress

Last 10 votes cast

Votes against the Democratic majority

Bills, 119th Congress

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Sponsored legislation, newest first

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

Votes against the Democratic majority, by issue

Committee assignments

Floor remarks, 119th Congress

Elections

Sources

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

Where the money came from

Outside spending

More on this campaign’s money

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Top employers of individual donors

Profile

At a glance

Education

Professional history

Biographical Directory entry

Offices

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