Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratMD · Senator
57
/ 100
Average
Attendance98
Avg: 97
Independence14
Avg: 23
Bipartisan Tone14
Avg: 14
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency43
Avg: 47
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Chris Van Hollen
DemocratMD · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.399)
Chris Van Hollen is a Democrat Senator from MD. He has served 23 years in Congress across 8 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 85.8% of the time.
23
Years in Office
8
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
85.8%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
128 votes against party
1.5%
Missed Votesⓘ
915 total votes
59
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Chris Compares
vs. the average Senator
Party Loyalty+6.9% vs avg
85.8%
Avg: 78.9%
Missed Votes-1.4% vs avg
1.5%
Avg: 2.9%
Bills Sponsored+6.0 vs avg
59
Avg: 53.0
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-06-30
$3,298,739
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,973,280
Total Receiptsⓘ
$627,944
Disbursementsⓘ
$1,588,611
Individual Donors
$78,250
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
2003–2017House · MD-8 · Democrat
2017–PresentSenate · MD · DemocratCurrent
State Demographics
MD · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
6,170,738
Population
$104,462
Median Income
38.9
Median Age
42.7%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 49.4%Black 29.7%Hispanic 12.1%Asian 6.5%