Former senator · West Virginia

Joe Manchin, III

Joe Manchin, III served in Congress from 2010 to 2025, last as a independent senator from West Virginia. In the 118th Congress, 691 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 96, and cast 369 of 469 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Independent; Caucuses with the Democrats
Chamber: Senate; Former
In Congress since: Nov 15, 2010
Last term ended: Jan 3, 2025

Open in the Congress explorer Official record

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.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
118th CongressSenate	691	13.9%96 of 691 · rank 7 of 101	79%369 of 469 · rank 96 of 101	570 became law	56%146 of 259
117th CongressSenate	949	4.7%45 of 949 · rank 33 of 100	91%665 of 728 · rank 80 of 100	550 became law	42%87 of 209

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 118th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.06+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.

S.J.Res. 58: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces".Yea
May 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 50–45· Against party
S. 4072: A bill to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce certain rules of the Environmental Protection Agency.Yea
Apr 18, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Defeated 52–46· Against party
H.J.Res. 98: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status".Yea
Apr 10, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 50–48· Against party
S.J.Res. 61: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to "National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure".Yea
Apr 10, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 53–47· Against party
S. 3853: Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization ActNay
Mar 7, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 69–30· Against party
S.J.Res. 38: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to "Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers".Yea
Feb 29, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Overriding the Veto· Veto Sustained 50–47· Against party
H.R. 2872: Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Yea
Jan 18, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 44–50· Against party
S.J.Res. 32: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)".Yea
Jan 10, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Overriding the Veto· Veto Sustained 54–45· Against party

Recent votes

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

H.R. 10545: American Relief Act, 2025Not voting
Dec 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 85–11
H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Not voting
Dec 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 76–20
H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Not voting
Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–62
H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Not voting
Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Not voting
Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 28–67
H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Not voting
Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 3–93
H.R. 9747: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025Yea
Sep 25, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 78–18
H.R. 9468: Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
Sep 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–47
S.J.Res. 58: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces".Yea
May 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 50–45· Against party
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".Nay
May 16, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 60–38
S.J.Res. 57: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury relating to "Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds".Not voting
May 15, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Defeated 46–49
H.R. 3935: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024Not voting
May 9, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 88–4

Committees

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

No committee seats are listed.

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.

2024 cycle

Raised: $3M; through Dec 31, 2024
Cash on hand: $8.5M
From committees: $162.6K; 96 committees
From contractor PACs: $31.7K; 21 PACs · 20% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2024

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee	$5,000	ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$90M
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac	$5,000	NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.1B
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal	$5,000	COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$453.1K
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee	$5,000	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$13.3B
general electric companygeneral electric company aerospace employee political action committee (ge aerospace pac)	$2,500	GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYAI match · 98% · the same organization	$636.3M
fluor corporationfluor corporation political action committee (fluor pac)	$2,500	FLUOR-BWXT PORTSMOUTH LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	-$1.7M
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)	$2,500	GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$29.3K
ameren corporationameren corporation federal political action committee (ameren fedpac)	$2,500	AMEREN SERVICES COMPANYAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$2M
the procter & gamble companythe procter & gamble company good government fund	$2,500	THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	—

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2024	$3M	$162.6K	$31.7K21 PACs · 20% of committee money
2022	$8.2M	$1.4M	$263.3K82 PACs · 19% 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 · West VirginiaJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
Senate · West VirginiaJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019
Senate · West VirginiaNov 15, 2010 – Jan 3, 2013

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.