Jim Banks
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RepublicanIn office since Jan 2025

Jim Banks

U.S. Senator from Indiana since 2025. Next on the ballot in 2030.

U.S. Senator from IndianaBorn 1979

In office
1 yr
Since 2025
Bills became law
0
107 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed
1.3%
Chamber median 2.1%
With party
100%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+19.9
Won 2024
Next election
2030
Nov 5, 2030

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

  • Senate Committee on Armed ServicesPersonnelSeapowerStrategic Forces
  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsEconomic PolicyNational Security and International Trade and FinanceSecurities, Insurance, and Investment
  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsEducation and the American FamilyEmployment and Workplace Safety · ChairmanPrimary Health and Retirement Security
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 107 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 119th Congress.

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Banks sits in the U.S. Senate

Banks is closer to the center than 7% of the chamber's Republicans.

Dem. medianRep. medianBanksMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Bernie Moreno, Eric Schmitt, Cynthia M. Lummis

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Banks’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Republicans100%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills16%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the U.S. Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Banks’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Banks was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMargin
2024U.S. Senate, IndianaWonR+19.9
2022U.S. House, IN-3WonR+35.2
2020U.S. House, IN-3WonR+35.7
2018U.S. House, IN-3WonR+29.5
2016U.S. House, IN-3WonR+48.0
2014Indiana State Senate, District 17Won—
2010Indiana State Senate, District 17Won—

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Banks has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Banks has run against

  • Valerie McCray (D) · 2024 general, won
  • Gary L. Snyder (D) · 2022 general, won
  • Chip Coldiron (D) · 2020 general, won
  • Courtney Tritch (D) · 2018 general, won
  • Tommy A. Schrader (D) · 2016 general, won

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Banks

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET