Richard Blumenthal

DDemocratCT · Senator

Richard Blumenthal

DemocratCT · Senator

Voting Ideologyⓘ

Liberal

Conservative

Liberal (-0.434)

Richard Blumenthal is a Democrat Senator from CT. He has served 15 years in Congress across 3 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 64.1% of the time.

Years in Office

Terms Served

119

Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

64.1%

Party Loyaltyⓘ

115 votes against party

1.2%

Missed Votesⓘ

324 total votes

Bills Sponsoredⓘ

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How Richard Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty+18.0% vs avg

64.1%

Avg: 46.1%

Missed Votes-1.1% vs avg

1.2%

Avg: 2.3%

Bills Sponsored+18.3 vs avg

Avg: 21.7

Committee Assignments

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Airland SubcommitteeMember Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights SubcommitteeMember Armed Services CommitteeMember Crime and Counterterrorism SubcommitteeMember Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census SubcommitteeMember Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights SubcommitteeMember Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeMember Judiciary CommitteeMember Permanent Subcommittee on InvestigationsRanking Member Personnel SubcommitteeMember Privacy, Technology, and the Law SubcommitteeMember Seapower SubcommitteeMember United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics ControlMember Veterans' Affairs CommitteeRanking Member

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2025-12-31

$1,232,415

Cash on Handⓘ

$221,271

Total Receiptsⓘ

$226,998

Disbursementsⓘ

$134,440

Individual Donors

$37,000

PAC Contributionsⓘ

Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2011–PresentSenate · CT · DemocratCurrent

State Demographics

CT · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

3,598,348

Population

$95,016

Median Income

41.3

Median Age

42.0%

College Educated

Racial Composition

White 67.6%Black 10.7%Hispanic 17.8%Asian 4.8%