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Christopher A. Coons
U.S. Senator (Class 2), DE
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
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| U.S. Senator (Class 2), DE current
Delaware |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), DE
Delaware |
Democratic | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2021 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), DE
Delaware |
Democratic | Nov 15, 2010 | Jan 3, 2015 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Defense — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Energy and Water Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Financial Services and General Government unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and Immigration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Crime and Counterterrorism unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Intellectual Property unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the Law unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Select Committee on Ethics — Vice Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.240, social dim. -0.208. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (840 recorded)
| Bill | Motion / question | Position | Chamber · stage · roll | Date | Outcome | Source |
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On the Nomination | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-640 | Dec 9, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-640 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-639 | Dec 9, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-639 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-638 | Dec 9, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-638 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-637 | Dec 9, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-637 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-636 | Dec 9, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-636 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-635 | Dec 8, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-635 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-634 | Dec 4, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-634 US-GOV-PD |
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SRES 520
An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain…
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On the Cloture Motion | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-633 | Dec 4, 2025 | Cloture Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-633 US-GOV-PD |
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HJRES 131
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…
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On the Joint Resolution | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-632 | Dec 4, 2025 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-632 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Not voting | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-631 | Dec 3, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-631 US-GOV-PD |
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SJRES 91
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…
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On the Motion to Proceed | Not voting | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-630 | Dec 3, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-630 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Not voting | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-629 | Dec 3, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-629 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Not voting | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-628 | Dec 3, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-628 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-627 | Dec 2, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-627 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-626 | Dec 2, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-626 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-625 | Dec 2, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-625 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-624 | Dec 1, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-624 US-GOV-PD |
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HJRES 130
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…
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On the Joint Resolution | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-623 | Nov 20, 2025 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-623 US-GOV-PD |
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SJRES 76
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…
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On the Motion to Proceed | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-622 | Nov 19, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-622 US-GOV-PD |
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SJRES 89
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…
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On the Motion to Proceed | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-621 | Nov 19, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-621 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Nomination | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-620 | Nov 19, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-620 US-GOV-PD |
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On the Cloture Motion | Yea | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-619 | Nov 18, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-619 US-GOV-PD |
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HR 5371
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans…
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On Passage of the Bill | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-618 | Nov 10, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-618 US-GOV-PD |
| On the Cloture Motion | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-617 | Nov 10, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-617 US-GOV-PD | |
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On the Amendment | Nay | senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-616 | Nov 10, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-616 US-GOV-PD |
Campaign finance
2024 · Itemized receipts loaded
Period Jan 9, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 10:25 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
| Gross receipts loaded | Refunds/reversals loaded | Net receipts loaded |
|---|---|---|
| $2,186,985 | $0 | $2,186,985 |
Largest itemized receipts
| Cycle | Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Coverage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29,500 | COONS LEADERSHIP FUND | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Jun 27, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $20,000 | COONS LEADERSHIP FUND | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Jan 30, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $6,600 | COONS LEADERSHIP FUND | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Mar 27, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $6,600 | COONS LEADERSHIP FUND | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Dec 31, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $5,321 | AMALGAMATED BANK | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Aug 30, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $5,308 | AMALGAMATED BANK | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Jul 31, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $5,206 | AMALGAMATED BANK | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | May 31, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $5,061 | AMALGAMATED BANK | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Jun 28, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $5,000 | AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Oct 5, 2023 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $5,000 | HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Mar 6, 2023 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $5,000 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Mar 21, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $5,000 | BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. PAC (AKA BREAD FINANCIAL PAC) | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Dec 20, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $5,000 | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Oct 28, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $5,000 | IMPACT | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Dec 20, 2024 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| 2024 | $5,000 | HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT | CHRIS COONS FOR DELAWARE | Corporate PAC | Jun 22, 2023 | itemized partial | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Sponsored legislation (5 as lead sponsor)
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S 4591
US · Jun 18, 2026
NO FAKES Act of 2026
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S 4392
US · Jun 17, 2026
Energy Security Pacts Act
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S 4707
US · Jun 8, 2026
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a policy for the Department of Defense on maximizing autonomy and artificial intelligence systems…
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SRES 751
US · Jun 3, 2026
A resolution designating May 2026 as "ALS Awareness Month".
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S 4664
US · Jun 2, 2026
Safer Choice Program Authorization Act of 2026
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