Gary C. Peters

DemocratState EVEN119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score62#13 of 100 senators across tracked bills

Contact Gary C. Peters’s office

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

Call office 202-224-6221 Send a message

Washington, D.C. office

724 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

peters.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 · 4 signals

Strong
Backs 15 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 15 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 93, S. 98, S. 146, S. 195, S. 414 and 10 more.
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive state (EVEN)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. Michigan has a partisan lean of EVEN. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive state: Michigan is EVENMichigan has a partisan lean of EVEN (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.
Weak
9th most moderate of 47 Senate DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.252 vs. the Senate Democratic median of -0.356: 0.104 toward the Republicans (rank 9 of 47 by distance toward the Republicans).

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: Senior senator
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 17.8 years

Committees

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

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsRanking Member
Minority · 1st in seniority
- Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on InvestigationsEx Officio
- Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and CensusEx Officio
- Subcommittee on Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory AffairsEx Officio

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Peters

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Their score of -0.252 is 0.10 to the right 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 Gary C. Peters on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 22SAVE ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yet	62	Middle
S. 5Laken Riley ActSummary on Congress.gov