Lisa Blunt Rochester
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DemocratIn office since Jan 2025

Lisa Blunt Rochester

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

U.S. Senator from DelawareBorn 1962

In office
1 yr
Since 2025
Bills became law
0
42 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed
0.7%
Chamber median 2.1%
With party
100%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+17.1
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 Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsEconomic PolicyHousing, Transportation, and Community DevelopmentSecurities, Insurance, and Investment
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationTelecommunications and MediaConsumer Protection, Technology, and Data PrivacyCoast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries · Ranking MemberScience, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness
  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksChemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory OversightClean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and SafetyTransportation and Infrastructure
  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsEducation and the American Family · Ranking MemberPrimary Health and Retirement Security

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

Legislation

119th Congress · 42 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 Rochester sits in the U.S. Senate

Rochester is closer to the center than 18% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianRochesterMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Tina Smith

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

With Rochester’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats100%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills30%

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

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

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

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Rochester 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, DelawareWonD+17.1
2022U.S. House, DE-ALWonD+12.5
2020U.S. House, DE-ALWonD+17.4
2018U.S. House, DE-ALWonD+28.9
2016U.S. House, DE-ALWonD+14.6

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Rochester has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Rochester has run against

  • Eric Hansen (R) · 2024 general, won
  • Lee Murphy (R) · 2022 general, won
  • Lee Murphy (R) · 2020 general, won
  • Scott Walker (R) · 2018 general, won
  • Hans Reigle (R) · 2016 general, won

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Rochester

One person, matched across every source we use.

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