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U.S. Senator · Delaware
Christopher A. Coons
DemocratState D+8119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score55#27 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Christopher A. Coons’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office218 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
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 · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 23 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 23 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 93, S. 494, S. 688, S. 736, S. 825 and 18 more.
- Medium7th most moderate of 47 Senate DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.240 vs. the Senate Democratic median of -0.356: 0.116 toward the Republicans (rank 7 of 47 by distance toward the Republicans).
Keeps them with Democrats · 0 signals
None of our measures place this member firmly with their party.
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn 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
- 15.9 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Select Committee on EthicsVice ChairmanMinority · 1st in seniority
- Senate Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 6th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Department of DefenseRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Coons← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.240 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-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 131Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the House | 55 | Middle |
| H.R. 139Sunshine Protection Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov |