Senator · Delaware
Christopher A. Coons
Christopher A. Coons is a Democratic senator from Delaware, in Congress since 2010. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 52, and cast 747 of 794 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- Senate
- Current
- In Congress since
- Nov 15, 2010
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027
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 | 5.7%52 of 915 · rank 13 of 101 | 94%747 of 794 · rank 85 of 101 | 661 became law | 41%240 of 591 |
| 118th CongressSenate | 691 | 4.9%34 of 691 · rank 36 of 101 | 100%513 of 514 · rank 10 of 101 | 771 became law | 33%140 of 425 |
| 117th CongressSenate | 949 | 0.6%6 of 949 · rank 89 of 100 | 99%758 of 764 · rank 33 of 100 | 771 became law | 30%141 of 470 |
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 −1−0.24+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.
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54· Against party
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
- Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 71–29· Against party
- Jan 20, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 75–24· Against party
- Jan 15, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 70–25· Against party
- Jun 1, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 30–69· Against party
- Mar 10, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 35–64· Against party
- Feb 5, 2021· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 71–29· Against party
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
- 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· Against party
- 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
- 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· Against party
- 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.
220 sponsored · 3 became law
How far they got
- Introduced16173%
- Reported by committee209.1%
- Passed one chamber3616%
- Became law31.4%
Policy areas
- International Affairs43
- Commerce28
- Environmental Protection12
- Labor and Employment12
- Public Lands and Natural Resources12
- Science, Technology, Communications12
- Crime and Law Enforcement11
- Energy10
Latest activity
- S. 5676 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support educational programs in civics and history, and for other purposes.Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
- S. 5637 A bill to establish the Critical Minerals Innovation Partnership, and for other purposes.Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
- S. 5476 A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that have facilitated Israeli settlement construction in the E1 area of the West Bank.Introduced· International Affairs· Sep 23, 2026
- S. 5471 AI Systems Transparency ActIntroduced· Commerce· Sep 23, 2026
- S. 5313 Quantum-GUARD Act of 2026Introduced· Energy· Aug 6, 2026
- S. 5308 Afghanistan TPS Act of 2026Introduced· Immigration· Aug 6, 2026
- S. 5307 Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Talent ActIntroduced· Immigration· Aug 6, 2026
- S. 5186 ASSET ActIntroduced· Social Welfare· Jul 30, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Current seats
- Department of DefenseRanking Member
- Senate Select Committee on EthicsVice Chairman
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
- $4.2M
- through Aug 26, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $4.8M
- From committees
- $1.4M
- 323 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $359K
- 83 PACs · 26% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac) | $10K | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac) | $10K | MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $125K |
| general electric companygeneral electric company aerospace employee political action committee (ge aerospace pac) | $10K | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYAI match · 98% · the same organization | $636.3M |
| northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac | $10K | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $1.1B |
| jpmorgan chase & co.jpmorgan chase & co. federal political action committee | $10K | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $1.5M |
| general atomicsgeneral atomics political action committee | $10K | GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95% · the same organization | — |
| comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal | $10K | COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $453.1K |
| interdigital, inc.interdigital, inc., pac | $10K | INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.AI match · 95% · the same organization | — |
| leidos, inc.leidos inc. political action committee | $10K | LEIDOS, INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization | $1.1B |
| general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac) | $9,000 | GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $29.3K |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $4.2M | $1.4M | $359K83 PACs · 26% of committee money |
| 2024 | $1.7M | $520.9K | $161.1K52 PACs · 31% of committee money |
| 2022 | $979.3K | $293.6K | $114.8K41 PACs · 39% 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 · DelawareJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
- Senate · DelawareJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
- Senate · DelawareNov 15, 2010 – Jan 3, 2015
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- www.coons.senate.gov
- Phone
- 202-224-5042
- Office
- 218 Russell 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 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.