Former senator · Utah

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney served in Congress from 2019 to 2025, last as a Republican senator from Utah. In the 118th Congress, 691 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 74, and cast 382 of 483 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
Senate
Former
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2019
Last term ended
Jan 3, 2025
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial 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.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
118th CongressSenate69110.7%74 of 691 · rank 13 of 10179%382 of 483 · rank 95 of 101270 became law41%62 of 150
117th CongressSenate9494.8%46 of 949 · rank 32 of 10071%515 of 722 · rank 96 of 100160 became law45%60 of 132

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+0.29+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. 815: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Yea
    Feb 13, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 70–29· Against party
  2. H.R. 815: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Yea
    Feb 12, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 66–33· Against party
  3. H.R. 6363: Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024Nay
    Nov 15, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–65· Against party
  4. H.R. 4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Nov 1, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 46–51· Against party
  5. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Nay
    Jul 26, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 46–53· Against party
  6. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Nay
    Jul 19, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 39–60· Against party
  7. S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Yea
    Jul 19, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 65–28· Against party
  8. H.R. 3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023Yea
    Jun 1, 2023· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 63–36· Against party

Recent votes

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

  1. H.R. 10545: American Relief Act, 2025Nay
    Dec 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 85–11· Against party
  2. H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Nay
    Dec 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 76–20· Against party
  3. H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Yea
    Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–62
  4. H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Yea
    Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
  5. H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Yea
    Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 28–67
  6. H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Nay
    Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 3–93
  7. H.R. 9747: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025Yea
    Sep 25, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 78–18
  8. H.R. 9468: Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
    Sep 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–47
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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".Yea
    May 15, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Defeated 46–49
  12. H.R. 3935: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024Not voting
    May 9, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 88–4

Sponsored bills

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

43 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced3888%
  2. Reported by committee37.0%
  3. Passed one chamber24.7%

Policy areas

  1. International Affairs9
  2. Armed Forces and National Security8
  3. Education6
  4. Agriculture and Food2
  5. Economics and Public Finance2
  6. Health2
  7. Public Lands and Natural Resources2
  8. Taxation2

Latest activity

  1. S. 5616 Preserving American Dominance in Artificial Intelligence Act of 2024
    Introduced· Science, Technology, Communications· Dec 19, 2024
  2. S. 5403 Aligning Development and Competition Act of 2024
    Introduced· International Affairs· Nov 21, 2024
  3. S. 5256 Family Security Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Sep 25, 2024
  4. S. 5140 COVID Spending Transparency Act of 2024
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Sep 23, 2024
  5. S. 5089 TIDES Act of 2024
    Introduced· International Affairs· Sep 18, 2024
  6. S. 5079 ERTC Repeal Act of 2024
    Introduced· Taxation· Sep 18, 2024
  7. S. 4815 Student Loan Accountability Act
    Introduced· Education· Jul 25, 2024
  8. S. 4783 Smart Kids not Smartphones Act of 2024
    Introduced· Education· Jul 25, 2024

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
$1.2M
through Dec 31, 2024
Cash on hand
$541.4K
From committees
$166.3K
40 committees
From contractor PACs
-$500
8 PACs · -0% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2024

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
thermo fisher scientific inc. pacthermo fisher scientific inc. pac$5,000THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (THAILAND) CO., LTD.AI match · 96% · of one corporate family$31.3K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$2,500AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
abbvieabbvie political action committee$2,500ABBVIE US LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization$154.6K
dairy farmers of america, inc.dairy farmers of america, inc. political action committee; aka dfa-pac$2,000DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$3.3M
abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee$2,000ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$90M
amgen inc.amgen inc. political action committee$2,000AMGEN INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization$0
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$1,000CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
medtronic inc.medtronic inc. pac$1,000MEDTRONIC INCAI match · 99% · the same organization$15.8M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2024$1.2M$166.3K-$5008 PACs · -0% of committee money
2022$681.7K$89K$34.5K14 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.

  1. Senate · UtahJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025

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.