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U.S. Senator · Virginia
Tim Kaine
DemocratState D+3119th Congress
Typical swing score55#30 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Tim Kaine’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office231 Russell 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 10 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 10 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 494, S. 1003, S. 1547, S. 1552, S. 2403 and 5 more.
- Medium6th most moderate of 47 Senate DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.233 vs. the Senate Democratic median of -0.356: 0.123 toward the Republicans (rank 6 of 47 by distance toward the Republicans).
- WeakCompetitive state: Virginia is D+3Virginia 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.
- WeakNot up for election until 2030Term ends Jan 3, 2031; next general election Nov 5, 2030. Virginia has a partisan lean of D+3. 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 · 6th in seniority
- Subcommittee on SeapowerRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
- Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsMinority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Kaine← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.233 is 0.12 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 · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.Res. 930A resolution expressing support for the recognition of October 2026, as "World Menopause Awareness Month" and for global awareness and access to care during menopausal transition and post-menopause.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 62
| Middle |
| S.Res. 933A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 2026 as "National Dyslexia Awareness Month". |