Senator
Richard Blumenthal
Connecticut · Democrat
In the Senate since 2011 · 8 Congresses served
About
Richard Blumenthal is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Connecticut. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been a member of the Senate since 2011.
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In the 119th Congress
Richard Blumenthal sits 19th from the left of 102 scored senators (2 of them since left office, marked "former" below). Ringed below; the rest of the chamber is faded.
A–Z by last name · 101 members
Sen. Angela Alsobrooks D-MDD-MD-0.46
Sen. Alan Armstrong R-OKR-OK0.65
Sen. Tammy Baldwin D-WID-WI-0.39
Sen. Jim Banks R-INR-IN0.68
Sen. John Barrasso R-WYR-WY0.65
Sen. Michael Bennet D-COD-CO-0.31
Sen. Marsha Blackburn R-TNR-TN0.65
Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DED-DE-0.47
Sen. Cory Booker D-NJD-NJ-0.49
Sen. John Boozman R-ARR-AR0.40
Sen. Katie Britt R-ALR-AL0.68
Sen. Ted Budd R-NCR-NC0.69
Sen. Maria Cantwell D-WAD-WA-0.34
Sen. Shelley Capito R-WVR-WV0.41
Sen. Bill Cassidy R-LAR-LA0.43
Sen. Susan Collins R-MER-ME0.17
Sen. Christopher Coons D-DED-DE-0.26
Sen. John Cornyn R-TXR-TX0.59
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto D-NVD-NV-0.33
Sen. Tom Cotton R-ARR-AR0.52
Sen. Kevin Cramer R-NDR-ND0.49
Sen. Mike Crapo R-IDR-ID0.56
Sen. Ted Cruz R-TXR-TX0.85
Sen. John Curtis R-UTR-UT0.67
Sen. Steve Daines R-MTR-MT0.61
Sen. Tammy Duckworth D-ILD-IL-0.41
Sen. Richard Durbin D-ILD-IL-0.26
Sen. Joni Ernst R-IAR-IA0.55
Sen. John Fetterman D-PAD-PA-0.16
Sen. Deb Fischer R-NER-NE0.44
Sen. Ruben Gallego D-AZD-AZ-0.30
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand D-NYD-NY-0.37Sen. Darline Graham R-SCR-SC0.52
Sen. Lindsey Graham R-SC · formerR-SC (fmr)0.41
Sen. Chuck Grassley R-IAR-IA0.46
Sen. Bill Hagerty R-TNR-TN0.73
Sen. Maggie Hassan D-NHD-NH-0.21
Sen. Josh Hawley R-MOR-MO0.52
Sen. Martin Heinrich D-NMD-NM-0.34
Sen. John Hickenlooper D-COD-CO-0.32
Sen. Mazie Hirono D-HID-HI-0.49
Sen. John Hoeven R-NDR-ND0.51Sen. Jon Husted R-OHR-OH0.58
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MSR-MS0.45
Sen. Ron Johnson R-WIR-WI0.88
Sen. Jim Justice R-WVR-WV0.56
Sen. Tim Kaine D-VAD-VA-0.21
Sen. Mark Kelly D-AZD-AZ-0.30
Sen. John Kennedy R-LAR-LA0.63
Sen. Andy Kim D-NJD-NJ-0.46
Sen. Angus King I-MEI-ME-0.18
Sen. Amy Klobuchar D-MND-MN-0.26
Sen. James Lankford R-OKR-OK0.53
Sen. Mike Lee R-UTR-UT0.89
Sen. Ben Luján D-NMD-NM-0.47
Sen. Cynthia Lummis R-WYR-WY0.86
Sen. Ed Markey D-MAD-MA-0.75
Sen. Roger Marshall R-KSR-KS0.58
Sen. Mitch McConnell R-KYR-KY0.33
Sen. Dave McCormick R-PAR-PA0.60
Sen. Jeff Merkley D-ORD-OR-0.50
Sen. Ashley Moody R-FLR-FL0.69
Sen. Jerry Moran R-KSR-KS0.38
Sen. Bernie Moreno R-OHR-OH0.72
Sen. Markwayne Mullin R-OK · formerR-OK (fmr)0.43
Sen. Lisa Murkowski R-AKR-AK0.18
Sen. Christopher Murphy D-CTD-CT-0.52
Sen. Patty Murray D-WAD-WA-0.44
Sen. Jon Ossoff D-GAD-GA-0.52
Sen. Alex Padilla D-CAD-CA-0.52
Sen. Rand Paul R-KYR-KY0.81
Sen. Gary Peters D-MID-MI-0.28
Sen. Jack Reed D-RID-RI-0.31
Sen. Pete Ricketts R-NER-NE0.47
Sen. James Risch R-IDR-ID0.64
Sen. Jacky Rosen D-NVD-NV-0.28
Sen. Mike Rounds R-SDR-SD0.41
Sen. Bernie Sanders I-VTI-VT-0.70
Sen. Brian Schatz D-HID-HI-0.42
Sen. Adam Schiff D-CAD-CA-0.39
Sen. Eric Schmitt R-MOR-MO0.71
Sen. Chuck Schumer D-NYD-NY-0.41
Sen. Rick Scott R-FLR-FL0.99
Sen. Tim Scott R-SCR-SC0.53
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen D-NHD-NH-0.16
Sen. Tim Sheehy R-MTR-MT0.64
Sen. Elissa Slotkin D-MID-MI-0.37
Sen. Tina Smith D-MND-MN-0.45
Sen. Dan Sullivan R-AKR-AK0.29
Sen. John Thune R-SDR-SD0.36
Sen. Thom Tillis R-NCR-NC0.36
Sen. Tommy Tuberville R-ALR-AL0.94
Sen. Chris Van Hollen D-MDD-MD-0.48
Sen. Mark Warner D-VAD-VA-0.25
Sen. Raphael Warnock D-GAD-GA-0.48
Sen. Elizabeth Warren D-MAD-MA-0.73
Sen. Peter Welch D-VTD-VT-0.34
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse D-RID-RI-0.29
Sen. Roger Wicker R-MSR-MS0.41
Sen. Ron Wyden D-ORD-OR-0.44
Sen. Todd Young R-INR-IN0.55Ideological trajectory · dimension 1 by Congress
Richard Blumenthal's per-Congress position (nokken–poole), against the party mean.
Connecticut delegation · both senators on dimension 1
Richard Blumenthal and their seatmate, gap 0.09. All 50 delegations →
Committee memberships
Richard Blumenthal’s 5 committee assignments in the 119th Congress ranked by seniority. Each row also shows how Richard Blumenthal’s own position compares to that committee’s overall blend.
▸Serves on 2 subcommittees
- Permanent Subcommittee on InvestigationsRanking Member11 members
- Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census9 members
▸Serves on 3 subcommittees
- Airland15 members
- Personnel11 members
- Seapower13 members
▸Serves on 4 subcommittees
- Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights11 members
- Crime and Counterterrorism10 members
- Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights10 members
- Privacy, Technology, and the Law10 members
Laws Richard Blumenthal sponsored or cosponsored
Every public law that Richard Blumenthal sponsored or cosponsored, newest first. Each law shows the part Richard Blumenthal played, the policy area, and its closest recorded final-passage vote. Only bills that became law appear: most bills a member sponsors never do.
Data notes
Public laws from the 93rd Congress (1973) on, from Congress.gov and GovInfo bill data, listed under the bill that was enacted. Cosponsors who withdrew are not counted. “Major” follows David Mayhew’s list of important enactments, which stops at the 118th Congress; later laws are not yet assessed. Votes and policy areas are as on the Laws page.