Chris Van Hollen

DemocratMD · Senator

Chris Van Hollen

DemocratMD · Senator

Voting Ideologyⓘ

Liberal

Conservative

Liberal (-0.398)

Chris Van Hollen is a Democrat Senator from MD. He has served 23 years in Congress across 8 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 65.4% of the time.

Years in Office

Terms Served

119

Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

65.4%

Party Loyaltyⓘ

110 votes against party

1.9%

Missed Votesⓘ

324 total votes

Bills Sponsoredⓘ

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How Chris Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty+19.3% vs avg

65.4%

Avg: 46.1%

Missed Votes-0.4% vs avg

1.9%

Avg: 2.3%

Bills Sponsored+2.9 vs avg

Avg: 18.1

Committee Assignments

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Africa and Global Health Policy SubcommitteeMember Appropriations CommitteeMember Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs CommitteeMember Budget CommitteeMember Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeRanking Member Department of Homeland Security SubcommitteeMember Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeMember Digital Assets SubcommitteeMember East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy SubcommitteeMember Financial Services and General Government SubcommitteeMember Foreign Relations CommitteeMember Housing, Transportation, and Community Development SubcommitteeMember National Security and International Trade and Finance SubcommitteeMember State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development SubcommitteeRanking Member Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeMember

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2025-12-31

$2,674,109

Cash on Handⓘ

$1,077,156

Total Receiptsⓘ

$356,449

Disbursementsⓘ

$803,279

Individual Donors

$63,500

PAC Contributionsⓘ

Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2003–2017House · MD-8 · Democrat

2017–PresentSenate · MD · DemocratCurrent

State Demographics

MD · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

6,170,738

Population

$104,462

Median Income

39.4

Median Age

42.7%

College Educated

Racial Composition

White 49.4%Black 29.7%Hispanic 12.1%Asian 6.5%