Senator · Maine

Angus S. King, Jr.

Angus S. King, Jr. is a independent senator from Maine, in Congress since 2013. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 14, and cast 721 of 828 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Independent
Caucuses with the Democrats
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2013
Term ends
Jan 3, 2031
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9151.5%14 of 915 · rank 60 of 10187%721 of 828 · rank 97 of 101390 became law39%182 of 463
118th CongressSenate6912.2%15 of 691 · rank 65 of 10198%515 of 527 · rank 55 of 101540 became law30%147 of 490
117th CongressSenate9490.6%6 of 949 · rank 89 of 10099%751 of 762 · rank 45 of 100460 became law32%157 of 487

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.17+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
  2. Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 71–29· Against party
  3. Nov 10, 2025· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 60–40· Against party
  4. Nov 10, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 60–40· Against party
  5. Sep 30, 2025· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Defeated 55–45· Against party
  6. Mar 14, 2025· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 54–46· Against party
  7. Mar 4, 2025· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 70–27· Against party
  8. Jan 20, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 75–24· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
  2. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
  9. Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  10. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
  12. Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

139 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced11381%
  2. Reported by committee42.9%
  3. Passed one chamber2115%
  4. Failed10.7%

Policy areas

  1. Public Lands and Natural Resources31
  2. Health29
  3. Armed Forces and National Security23
  4. Taxation14
  5. Agriculture and Food8
  6. Social Welfare7
  7. Commerce4
  8. International Affairs4

Latest activity

  1. S. 5652 A bill to clarify the evidentiary treatment of documentation generated under a qualifying process standard for purposes of compliance with the Build America, Buy America Act, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
  2. S.Res. 905 A resolution designating September 25, 2026, as "National Lobster Day".
    Passed one chamber· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 24, 2026
  3. S. 5497 Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Sep 24, 2026
  4. S. 5466 FASTER Act
    Introduced· Health· Sep 23, 2026
  5. S. 5406 VA Salary Cap Waiver Adjustment Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Sep 16, 2026
  6. S. 5378 Outer Continental Shelf Lease Restoration Act of 2026
    Introduced· Energy· Aug 7, 2026
  7. S. 5213 SMASH 2.0 Act
    Introduced· Health· Aug 3, 2026
  8. S. 5137 CARE for Mental Health Professionals Act
    Introduced· Health· Jul 27, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$64.1K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$62.6K
From committees
$32.5K
13 committees
From contractor PACs
$4,500
3 PACs · 14% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
national restaurant associationnational restaurant association pac (restaurant pac)$2,500NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONAI match · 93% · of one corporate family$2M
iheartmedia inc.iheartmedia, inc. pac$2,500IHEARTMEDIA + ENTERTAINMENT, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$14.5K
the aes corporationaes corporation political action committee; the$1,000THE AES CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$551.7K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$64.1K$32.5K$4,5003 PACs · 14% of committee money
2024$5.4M$1.5M$321.5K68 PACs · 22% of committee money
2022$138.2K$98.5K$15.5K8 PACs · 16% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · MaineJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031
  2. Senate · MaineJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. Senate · MaineJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
133 Hart Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.