Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratMD · Senator
62
/ 100
Average
Attendance98
Avg: 98
Independence35
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone14
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency51
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 65.4% 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
65.4%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
110 votes against party
1.9%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
31
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Chris Compares
vs. the average Senator
Party Loyalty+19.3% vs avg
65.4%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes-0.4% vs avg
1.9%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+1.3 vs avg
31
Avg: 29.7
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31
$3,022,509
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,515,661
Total Receiptsⓘ
$446,555
Disbursementsⓘ
$1,197,784
Individual Donors
$68,250
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%