Member of Congress · 119th Congress
Christopher A. Coons
Christopher Coons is a Democratic U.S. senator from Delaware, in Congress since 2010, who voted with most Democrats on 94% of the 119th Congress’s yes/no votes and has had 4 bills become law since 2013.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- NayOn the Nomination — Nomination voteSep 30, 2026 · Nomination Confirmed
- NayOn the Cloture Motion — Nomination voteSep 30, 2026 · Cloture Motion Agreed to
- NayOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Ratepayer Protection ActSep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- NayOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Stop Insider Trading ActSep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- YeaOn the Motion to Discharge — A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Sep 29, 2026 · Motion to Discharge Rejected
5 most recent bills
- S. 5676 Strengthening Civics Education ActSep 30, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S. 5637 STRATA Act of 2026Sep 30, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- S. 5476 A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that have facilitated Israeli settlement construction in the E1 area of the West Bank.Sep 23, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- S. 5471 AI Systems Transparency ActSep 23, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- S. 5313 Quantum-GUARD Act of 2026Aug 6, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 1799 (113th) Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2013Became law
- S. 270 (117th) Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation ActBecame law
- S. 3424 (119th) Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025Became law
- S. 3960 (118th) A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of fines for false assertions and certifications, and for…Became law
- S.Res. 402 (112th) Amend the title so as to read: `Condemning Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army for committing crimes against humanity and mass atrocities, and…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 541 (113th) A resolution recognizing the severe threat that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa poses to populations, governments, and economies across Africa and, if not…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 144 (113th) A resolution concerning the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the need for international efforts supporting long-term peace…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 371 (116th) A resolution reaffirming the support of the United States for the people of the Republic of South Sudan and calling on all parties to uphold their commitments…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Committees
- Select Committee on Ethics — Vice ChairmanNo subcommittees
- Senate Committee on AppropriationsSubcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsSubcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy, Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development
- Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipNo subcommittees
- Senate Committee on the JudiciarySubcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law
Elections Sen. Coons has won
Sen. Coons has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (2010, 2014, 2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.6 to 21.5 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Delaware done while Sen. Coons served?
2010 to 2024 in Delaware: typical household income was up 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.2 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.2 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Delaware during Coons’s time representing it (2010 to now). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Delaware’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Local offices
Offices in the district or state, as listed in a public-domain community file. The Washington office is in the Contact section above.
- Wilmington office1105 N. Market St., Suite 100, Wilmington, DE 19801-1233
Phone 302-573-6345 · Fax 302-573-6351 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Dover office555 E. Loockerman St., Suite 330, Dover, DE 19901
Phone 302-736-5601 · Fax 302-736-5609 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Evidence
- File
- legislators-district-offices-2026-09-24-8d698e92.json, entries C001088-wilmington, C001088-dover (2 offices)
- Published at
- https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-district-offices.json
- File date
- September 24, 2026 (server “last modified”)
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- File SHA-256
8d698e92f8ebae3bdd387bfef239584164160e59d444ba1cbff46f32aa450f59- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
Read this first. This list is kept up by volunteers and may be out of date. Confirm hours and addresses on the member’s official site, www.coons.senate.gov.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
119th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 66 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 66 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 119th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Votes on civilian nominations
237 confirmation roll calls this senator was on the roll for, 119th Congress. A tally of what the record shows, not a score.
- Nay · September 30, 2026 · Keith Sonderling Secretary of Labor
- Nay · September 23, 2026 · Angela Veronica Colmenero United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
- Nay · September 17, 2026 · Kasdin Miller Mitchell United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
- Not voting · September 15, 2026 · Matthew R. Byrne United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
- Nay · August 8, 2026 · Todd Blanche Attorney General
- Nay · August 7, 2026 · Michael Kavoukjian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway
- Nay · August 5, 2026 · Erica Schwartz Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Nay · July 28, 2026 · Walter Clayton Director of National Intelligence
Evidence
- What is counted
- Senate roll calls in the 119th Congress on the question of confirming a civilian nomination, as recorded on senate.gov. Cloture and procedural votes are not counted.
- How it is matched
- The vote record names the nomination number; the senator is matched by the Senate member id.
- Not voting
- Includes absences and any other reason. The record does not say why.
589 of the 617 confirmed civilian nominations show a roll-call vote on their latest-action line; the rest show a voice vote, unanimous consent or another method, with no individual votes. So this is only the roll-call subset. It says nothing about whether any vote was right or wrong.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 (member stats) · latest recorded Senate vote Sep 30, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.