Sheldon Whitehouse
DDemocratRI · Senator
56
/ 100
Average
Attendance96
Avg: 97
Independence18
Avg: 24
Bipartisan Tone20
Avg: 13
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency29
Avg: 46
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Sheldon Whitehouse
DemocratRI · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.340)
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 82.2% 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
82.2%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
147 votes against party
3.6%
Missed Votesⓘ
858 total votes
60
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Sheldon Compares
vs. the average Senator
Party Loyalty+4.3% vs avg
82.2%
Avg: 77.9%
Missed Votes+0.7% vs avg
3.6%
Avg: 2.9%
Bills Sponsored+23.9 vs avg
60
Avg: 36.1
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-06-30
$1,059,879
Cash on Handⓘ
$500,288
Total Receiptsⓘ
$705,797
Disbursementsⓘ
$436,293
Individual Donors
$53,940
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%