Senator · Michigan

Gary C. Peters

Gary C. Peters is a Democratic senator from Michigan, in Congress since 2009. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 19, and cast 780 of 824 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 6, 2009
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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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 CongressSenate9152.1%19 of 915 · rank 51 of 10195%780 of 824 · rank 82 of 101851 became law49%141 of 288
118th CongressSenate6910.6%4 of 691 · rank 88 of 10199%527 of 535 · rank 48 of 10116415 became law52%209 of 403
117th CongressSenate9491.8%17 of 949 · rank 63 of 10099%749 of 753 · rank 25 of 10011219 became law35%153 of 431

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 −1−0.25+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. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Yea
    Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 71–29· Against party
  2. S. 5: Laken Riley ActYea
    Jan 20, 2025· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 64–35· Against party
  3. S. 5: Laken Riley ActYea
    Jan 20, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 75–24· Against party
  4. S. 5: Laken Riley ActYea
    Jan 15, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 70–25· Against party
  5. H.J.Res. 109: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121".Yea
    May 16, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 60–38· Against party
  6. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
    Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–50· Against party
  7. H.R. 4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
    Oct 31, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 61–36· Against party
  8. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Yea
    Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 55–42· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
  2. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
  9. H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Yea
    Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  10. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
  12. S.Res. 817: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.Nay
    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.

361 sponsored · 35 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced17950%
  2. Reported by committee8323%
  3. Passed one chamber6418%
  4. Became law359.7%

Policy areas

  1. Government Operations and Politics106
  2. Armed Forces and National Security37
  3. Science, Technology, Communications33
  4. Transportation and Public Works32
  5. Emergency Management26
  6. Health17
  7. Commerce15
  8. International Affairs14

Latest activity

  1. S. 528 GLRI Act of 2026
    Passed one chamber· Environmental Protection· Oct 5, 2026
  2. S. 5648 A bill to direct agencies to be transparent when using automated and augmented systems to interact with the public or make critical decisions, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
  3. S. 5555 PFAS RAPID Response Act
    Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
  4. S. 3404 Satellite Cybersecurity Act of 2025
    Passed one chamber· Science, Technology, Communications· Sep 24, 2026
  5. S. 5450 A bill to adjust the rail safety inspections General Schedule classification, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 22, 2026
  6. S. 4573 Regional Great Lakes Partnership Act of 2026
    Introduced· Environmental Protection· Sep 16, 2026
  7. S.Res. 849 A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of September 11 through September 17, 2026, as "Patriot Week".
    Passed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 14, 2026
  8. S. 434 Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act
    Passed one chamber· Science, Technology, Communications· Aug 10, 2026

Committees

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

Current seats

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
$303.1K
through Sep 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$6.6M
From committees
-$184.6K
5 committees
From contractor PACs
-$60.5K
0 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$303.1K-$184.6K-$60.5K0 PACs · — of committee money
2024$3.2M$902.6K$242.6K82 PACs · 27% of committee money
2022$4.3M$561.5K$130.9K49 PACs · 23% 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 · MichiganJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. Senate · MichiganJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
  3. House · Michigan's 14th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  4. House · Michigan's 9th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
  5. House · Michigan's 9th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
www.peters.senate.gov
Phone
202-224-6221
Office
724 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.