Senator · Minnesota
Tina Smith
Tina Smith is a Democratic senator from Minnesota, in Congress since 2018. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 42, and cast 799 of 799 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- Senate
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2018
- 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 | 4.6%42 of 915 · rank 20 of 101 | 100%799 of 799 · rank 1 of 101 | 490 became law | 25%120 of 477 |
| 118th CongressSenate | 691 | 2.3%16 of 691 · rank 63 of 101 | 100%528 of 528 · rank 1 of 101 | 700 became law | 20%113 of 571 |
| 117th CongressSenate | 949 | 1.1%10 of 949 · rank 78 of 100 | 100%758 of 761 · rank 16 of 100 | 710 became law | 16%109 of 675 |
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.
- Aug 10, 2021· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 66–33· 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
- 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
- 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.
190 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced16084%
- Reported by committee42.1%
- Passed one chamber2614%
Policy areas
- Health55
- Agriculture and Food21
- Education20
- Native Americans18
- Finance and Financial Sector9
- Labor and Employment9
- Housing and Community Development8
- Taxation7
Latest activity
- S. 5605 Employee and Retiree Access to Justice ActIntroduced· Sep 30, 2026
- S. 5580 A bill to establish a grant program to provide amounts to public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in public housing, and for other purposes.Introduced· Sep 29, 2026
- S. 5579 A bill to authorize a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing information, and for other purposes.Introduced· Sep 29, 2026
- S. 5534 Building and Maintaining Homeless Shelters ActIntroduced· Sep 24, 2026
- S. 5411 Emergency Grant Aid for College Students ActIntroduced· Sep 16, 2026
- S. 5232 Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2026Introduced· Health· Aug 4, 2026
- S. 5004 Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2026Introduced· Health· Jul 15, 2026
- S.Res. 789 A resolution recognizing June 2026, as "LGBTQ Pride Month".Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Jun 24, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Current seats
- Housing, Transportation, and Community DevelopmentRanking Member
- Fiscal Responsibility and Economic GrowthRanking 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
- $48.8K
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $200.9K
- From committees
- -$40.5K
- 2 committees
- From contractor PACs
- -$5,000
- 0 PACs · — of committee money
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $48.8K | -$40.5K | -$5,0000 PACs · — of committee money |
| 2024 | $1.5M | $316K | $49K23 PACs · 16% of committee money |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $167.5K | $24K15 PACs · 14% 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 · MinnesotaJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
- Senate · MinnesotaNov 7, 2018 – Jan 3, 2021
- Senate · MinnesotaJan 3, 2018 – Nov 6, 2018
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- www.smith.senate.gov
- Phone
- 202-224-5641
- Office
- 720 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.