Tina Smith

DemocratState D+3119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score48#44 of 100 senators across tracked bills

Contact Tina Smith’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-224-5641 Send a message

Washington, D.C. office

720 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

smith.senate.gov

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

Signals to watch

What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.

Could pull them toward Republicans · 3 signals

Strong
Backs 10 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 10 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 645, S. 723, S. 761, S. 1547, S. 1552 and 5 more.
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive state (D+3)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. Minnesota has a partisan lean of D+3. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive state: Minnesota is D+3Minnesota has a partisan lean of D+3 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.

Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On the ballot 2026

Current term: January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2027
Senate class: Class 2
Seniority: Junior senator
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 8.8 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Minority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
- Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
- Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Minority · 6th in seniority

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Smith

← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →

Their score of -0.408 is 0.05 to the left of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average

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Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)

Swing score by bill

swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Swing score for Tina Smith on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 22SAVE ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yet	48	Middle
S. 5Laken Riley ActSummary on Congress.gov