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U.S. Senator · Kansas
Jerry Moran
RepublicanState R+8119th Congress
Typical swing score69#12 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Jerry Moran’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office521 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
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 Democrats · 3 signals
- StrongBacks 5 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 5 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 237, S. 315, S. 503, S. 607, S. 911.
- Weak11th most moderate of 53 Senate RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.413 vs. the Senate Republican median of +0.558: 0.145 toward the Democrats (rank 11 of 53 by distance toward the Democrats).
- WeakHeritage Action 79 vs. Senate Republican avg 88Heritage Action (119th Congress, higher = more conservative) scored this member 79; the Senate Republican average is 88.1 (n=53). That is 9 points toward the Democrats.
Keeps them with Republicans · 0 signals
None of our measures place this member firmly with their party.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2029
- Senate class
- Class 3
- Seniority
- Senior senator
- Next election
- November 7, 2028
- Years in office
- 29.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsChairmanMajority · 1st in seniority
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryMajority · 12th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
- Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
- Senate Committee on AppropriationsMajority · 4th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Moran← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.413 is 0.15 to the left of the Senate Republican median (+0.558).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Republican average- 119th Congress79Senate Republican average: 88 (n=53)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 101–150 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 3709Advancing the Mentor-Protégé Program for Small Financial Institutions ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 71
| Swing |
| H.R. 3716Systemic Risk Authority Transparency ActSummary on Congress.gov |