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U.S. Senator · Maine
Angus S. King Jr.
IndependentState D+4119th Congress
Typical swing score73#7 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Angus S. King Jr.’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office133 Hart 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 Republicans · 4 signals
- StrongBacks 14 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 14 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 93, S. 222, S. 331, S. 645, S. 759 and 9 more.
- StrongMost moderate Senate DemocratDW-NOMINATE -0.170 vs. the Senate Democratic median of -0.356: 0.186 toward the Republicans (rank 1 of 47 by distance toward the Republicans).
- WeakCompetitive state: Maine is D+4Maine has a partisan lean of D+4 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.
- WeakNot up for election until 2030Term ends Jan 3, 2031; next general election Nov 5, 2030. Maine has a partisan lean of D+4. With years before facing voters in a near-even state, a senator has room to break from the party on individual votes.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2031
- Senate class
- Class 1
- Seniority
- Junior senator
- Next election
- November 5, 2030
- Years in office
- 13.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on Armed ServicesMinority · 7th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Seapower
- Subcommittee on Airland
- Subcommittee on Strategic ForcesRanking Member
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesMinority · 5th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
King← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.170 is 0.19 to the right of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 22SAVE ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 78
| Swing |
| S. 5535Eviction Crisis Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov |