Senator · Maryland
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen is a Democratic senator from Maryland, in Congress since 2003. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 14, and cast 827 of 827 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- Senate
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 7, 2003
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2029
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.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressSenate | 915 | 1.5%14 of 915 · rank 60 of 101 | 100%827 of 827 · rank 1 of 101 | 760 became law | 14%97 of 676 |
| 118th CongressSenate | 691 | 2.7%19 of 691 · rank 56 of 101 | 100%519 of 519 · rank 1 of 101 | 510 became law | 14%86 of 601 |
| 117th CongressSenate | 949 | 5.2%49 of 949 · rank 29 of 100 | 100%729 of 729 · rank 1 of 100 | 622 became law | 15%108 of 721 |
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.
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.
No recorded vote against the party majority on bills or amendments in the loaded Congresses.
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22· Against party
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23· Against party
- Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
- 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.
189 sponsored · 2 became law
How far they got
- Introduced17693%
- Reported by committee63.2%
- Passed one chamber52.6%
- Became law21.1%
Policy areas
- International Affairs24
- Government Operations and Politics22
- Health19
- Finance and Financial Sector15
- Education13
- Taxation11
- Crime and Law Enforcement9
- Transportation and Public Works9
Latest activity
- S. 5626 Higher Education Grant Flexibility Act of 2026Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
- S. 3371 National Museum of the Blind People’s Movement ActIntroduced· Arts, Culture, Religion· Sep 30, 2026
- S.Res. 852 A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Introduced· International Affairs· Sep 29, 2026
- S. 5570 Ready to Work Act of 2026Introduced· Sep 28, 2026
- S. 5489 Sickle Cell Care Expansion Act of 2026Introduced· Health· Sep 23, 2026
- S. 5488 Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Centers Act of 2026Introduced· Health· Sep 23, 2026
- S. 5405 Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2026Introduced· Housing and Community Development· Sep 16, 2026
- S. 5399 No New Fencing At the White House ActIntroduced· Sep 15, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Current seats
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesRanking Member
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
- $2M
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $3.3M
- From committees
- $82.3K
- 39 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $26K
- 11 PACs · 32% of committee money
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sodexo inc.sodexo inc. political action committee | $5,000 | SODEXO MANAGEMENT INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization | $202.7M |
| ionq, inc.ionq, inc. pac | $5,000 | IONQ, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $500 |
| peraton corp.peraton corp. political action committee (a.k.a. 'peraton pac') | $2,500 | PERATON INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization | -$756.1K |
| booz allen hamilton inc.booz allen hamilton inc. pac (booz allen pac) | $2,500 | BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INCAI match · 100% · the same organization | $5.6B |
| constellation energy corporationconstellation energy corporation employee political action committee (cepac) | $2,500 | CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $1.9M |
| rtx corporationemployees of rtx corporation political action committee | $2,000 | RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $3.9B |
| cummins inc.cummins inc. political action committee (cipac) | $2,000 | CUMMINS INCAI match · 99% · the same organization | $11.3M |
| state street bank and trust companystate street bank and trust company voluntary political action committee | $1,500 | STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $0 |
| thermo fisher scientific inc. pacthermo fisher scientific inc. pac | $1,000 | THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (THAILAND) CO., LTD.AI match · 96% · of one corporate family | $31.3K |
| aerovironment, inc.aerovironment, inc pac | $1,000 | AEROVIRONMENT, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | -$4.3M |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2M | $82.3K | $26K11 PACs · 32% of committee money |
| 2024 | $330.6K | $43.5K | $10.5K7 PACs · 24% of committee money |
| 2022 | $6.6M | $1.4M | $238K59 PACs · 17% 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.
- Senate · MarylandJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2029
- Senate · MarylandJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · Maryland's 8th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
- House · Maryland's 8th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
- House · Maryland's 8th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
- House · Maryland's 8th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
- House · Maryland's 8th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
- House · Maryland's 8th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
- House · Maryland's 8th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- www.vanhollen.senate.gov
- Phone
- 202-224-4654
- Office
- 730 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.