Sheldon Whitehouse
DDemocratRI · Senator
61
/ 100
Average
Attendance98
Avg: 98
Independence39
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone18
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency34
Avg: 47
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Sheldon Whitehouse
DemocratRI · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.341)
Sheldon Whitehouse is a Democrat Senator from RI. He has served 19 years in Congress across 4 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 60.7% of the time.
19
Years in Office
4
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
60.7%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
125 votes against party
1.9%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
53
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Sheldon Compares
vs. the average Senator
Party Loyalty+14.6% vs avg
60.7%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes-0.4% vs avg
1.9%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+23.3 vs avg
53
Avg: 29.7
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31
$1,117,498
Cash on Handⓘ
$431,344
Total Receiptsⓘ
$579,233
Disbursementsⓘ
$388,382
Individual Donors
$38,440
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
2007–2031Senate · RI · DemocratCurrent
State Demographics
RI · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
1,095,371
Population
$86,517
Median Income
40.0
Median Age
37.3%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 72.3%Black 5.8%Hispanic 17.1%Asian 3.5%