- Approval rating: 48% For Senate Republicans, the larger concern heading into 2024 are the primaries, and for now, most of them appear on solid ground. - Disapproval rating: 28% - State: Arkansas Among Republicans, 43 percent disapprove and 42 percent approve. - State: Nebraska - Approval rating: 39% In June 2019, He caused an uproar with an op-ed in the Charlotte Observer that castigated the Cherokee tribe and peopleas well as bipartisan North Carolina General Assembly membersfor their opposition to his Lumbee recognition bill Catawba off-reservation casino bill. - Party: Republican. A week ago, Republicans led Democrats by 2.6 points (45.4 percent to 42.8 percent). Sen. Jeff Merkley is a leading progressive in the Senate who was the only senator to endorse his colleague Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination. - Never heard of: 26% - State: Ohio Sen. Jeanne Shaheen lost to Republican John E. Sununu in a 2002 election, but won a rematch between the two in 2008. As he weighs a re-election campaign, that leaves Romney only slightly more popular than he was in the wake of Trumps second impeachment trial in the first quarter of 2021. - Party: Democrat. - Approval rating: 46% April 26, 2022. Tom Cotton served in Afghanistan and Iraq in the U.S. Army before being elected to the Senate at just 37 years old. - Disapproval rating: 24% - Disapproval rating: 31% Kelly, on the other hand, does have a brand distinct from the national Democratic Party, but its an open question whether she can get enough Kansas Republicans who approve of her to take the extra step and vote for her as well. Murkowski was the lone Republican who voted against the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. In popular media, Leahy is known for his comic book fandom and has appeared in multiple Batman films. - State: Delaware - Party: Republican. Scott had a widely viewed speech about being profiled and targeted by Capitol Police. - Party: Democrat. - State: Massachusetts - Approval rating: 42% - State: New Hampshire Senate // Wikimedia Commons, U.S. border towns that would be affected by the border wall, 30 jobs in the military you may not know about, States that are using policy to fight climate change, Political cartoons from the last 111 years, Most and least popular governors in America, a bill that would benefit 9/11 first responders, made a controversial joke about public hangings, loud 25-minute long speech condemning Sen. Ted Cruz, the Human Rights Campaign included Lankford in their Congressional Hall of Shame., called Nicolas Maduro's Venezuelan regime a genocide.. - Approval rating: 49% - Never heard of: 24% Colorado Sen. Michael Bennett (Dem.) According to a, As hate crimes against Asian Americans have, Billionaire Elon Musks quest to buy Twitter isnt yet official, but if he is successful, he said this week he will. - Party: Republican. storytelling. Klobuchar is known for her questions during the confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh, but also gained infamy for an aggressive and supposedly abusive environment as a boss in her congressional office. - Disapproval rating: 31% - State: Virginia Americas Most Popular and Unpopular Senators. Along with Testers strong marks from independents, he also has solid backing from Montana Democrats stronger, in fact, than any other Democrat who faces re-election next fall. Even before Sinemas exit from the party, Arizona Democrats were divided over her job performance enough to make her the least popular Democratic senator among Democratic voters in the fourth quarter of 2022, and especially vulnerable to the kind of primary challenge that was apparently in the works by Rep. Ruben Gallego. - Party: Democrat. - Party: Democrat. - Party: Republican. She is currently running for higher office as she seeks to unseat President Trump. - Party: Republican. Approval Ratings (129) And hes not the only Democrat with a lot of cross-party appeal; in fact, the 16 senators with the highest PARS scores all caucus with the Democratic Party. A moderate Democrat, he has voted with Trump on the issues around 34% of the time as of April 2019. - Party: Democrat. Kamala Harris's long career had her work at the San Francisco District Attorney's office before being elected district attorney herself. This unpopularity could drag him down in November, allowing Democrats to flip a Senate seat that, on paper, should remain Republican in this environment. According to FiveThirtyEights presidential approval tracker,5 41.4 percent of Americans approve of the job Biden is doing as president, while 52.6 percent disapprove (a net approval rating of -11.2 points). 2023 Morning Consult, All Rights Reserved. - State: South Dakota Holding the Senate seat that former Vice President Joe Biden once held, Chris Coons defeated Christine O'Donnell in a highly publicized special election. - Approval rating: 56% - Never heard of: 19% Not only is Catherine Cortez-Masto the first woman senator of Nevada, but she is the first Latina elected to serve in the Senate. But Democratic Gov. - Approval rating: 45% - State: Oklahoma - Disapproval rating: 22% - Party: Democrat. - State: New Jersey Gardner in June 2019 introduced a bill that would allow the U.S. State Department to pay hackers a bounty for finding bugs in their computer systems. Each state in the union has two senators with six-year terms and no term limits. He's voted with and against both Democrats and Republicans on issues such as gun control and health care, leading to criticism from both sides. Among independents, 48 percent disapprove and 43 percent approve. since early 2021 as he went from stalling President Joe Bidens domestic policy package to ultimately supporting the Inflation Reduction Act. - Disapproval rating: 50% Barrasso has had a conservative record and currently serves as Senate Republican Conference chairman. A moderate Republican representing Alaska, Lisa Murkowski lost her primary election in 2010 only to win the general election as a write-in candidate. Doug Ducey appointed McSally to the role. - Never heard of: 29% Sen. Angus King was a popular governor before being elected to the Senate in 2012. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is a former law school professor who defeated Scott Brown in 2012. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is now known around the country after launching her 2020 bid for the presidency. Source: vtdigger.org. [emailprotected]. Back in January 2015, Wicker was the only senator to vote against an amendment that declared that climate change was real and not a hoax. Hes followed by Senate Republican Whip John Thune, Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, who has retired, and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). - Party: Republican. - Approval rating: 37% As such, their votes and actions have had an immense impact on American society and history. David Paterson to replace Hillary Clinton, who left the White House to become secretary of state under Barack Obama, Kirsten Gillibrand was part of a highly publicized period in which the media speculated on who would take the seat. - Never heard of: 30% The two senators who receive higher disapproval marks in their home states are Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, and Sen. Ron The former banker also held the office of governor. - Party: Republican, Prior to his congressional career, James Lankford worked as the program director of Falls Creek, which is the largest Christian camp in the country. Van Hollen was the cosponsor of the Protect Our Elections Act, along with Maine Sen. Susan Collins. - Never heard of: 21% Smith made a controversial joke about public hangings during her electoral campaign, though she still won the race to succeed Sen. Thad Cochran. - Never heard of: 34% - State: Illinois - Never heard of: 20% Kennedy has since been known for his folksy behavior and colloquialisms in the Senate. - Never heard of: 21% After sitting out of the 2016 election, Romney became a critic of Donald Trump, eventually moving back to Utah to run for Senate in 2018 and replacing Orrin Hatch. Marsha Blackburn is the first woman elected for the Senate from Tennessee, previously serving in the House of Representatives since 2003. And then theres Montana, a state with a not-so-distant bipartisan voting history that has swung further to the right in each presidential contest since 2012. In June, Coons accused President Trump of fabricating the tariff tensions with Mexico for the sole reason of stoking his base supporters. - Approval rating: 50% - Party: Republican. A non-practicing Buddhist, she is the first Asian American woman elected to the Senate. - Never heard of: 16% - Disapproval rating: 35% 60% of Montana voters approve of Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, making him the most popular incumbent expected to face a competitive 2024 contest. - Disapproval rating: 28% - Never heard of: 18% Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is America's most unpopular senator, according to a Morning Consult poll released Monday. - Disapproval rating: 33% - Disapproval rating: 27% Then again, a senators PARS score isnt everything. - Never heard of: 30% - Party: Democrat. - Never heard of: 28% Most recently, he displayed an image of the drowned bodies of a Salvadoran father and daughter who were attempting to reach the United States seeking asylum. Known as a publicity hound, Schumer has found himself butting heads with Donald Trump in his role as the top Senate Democrat. - State: South Carolina Partisan Lean (5). - Never heard of: 33% - Never heard of: 21% Nine in 10 Montana Democrats approve of Testers job performance, including two-thirds who do so strongly. Sens. - Disapproval rating: 24% At the time of his election, Chris Murphy was the youngest member of the U.S. Senate. - Never heard of: 23% - Disapproval rating: 33% - State: Idaho - Approval rating: 46% Respondents could answer each question with strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, strongly disapprove, or don't know / no opinion. Respondents were only surveyed on the senators they were assigned to based on their states of residence. During the Trump administration, Collins has voted with the Republicans at a higher frequency than in years prior and faces a fierce reelection battle in 2020. - Never heard of: 23% As a young rising star in the Florida Republican Party, Marco Rubio went from the speaker of the house in the Florida House of Representatives to getting elected to the Senate over former Gov. - Disapproval rating: 29% Before becoming senator in 2015, Dan Sullivan was long-involved in Alaskan politics and served in Washington D.C. under the Bush Administration. Sanders was the 37th mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He also made the news for taking a road trip with four strangers after a flight of his was canceled. - State: Washington While those charges were eventually dropped after a hung jury and mistrial, Menendez is the least popular senator in the country despite winning reelection in 2018. - Party: Democrat. Following reports of unsanitary and food-deprived conditions at facilities holding migrant children, Schatz on June 26 led a group calling for the investigation of contractors at those facilities; the same day reports came out of a Senate Democrats' Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, comprised of 10 Democrats including Schatz. - Party: Republican. That suggests she has a bit of crossover appeal, but that her fate is still closely tied to partisanship. And you might expect Democratic Gov. - Never heard of: 19% As a result, more governors than senators have PARGs at the extreme ends of the spectrum, as you can see in the table below. - Party: Democrat. On Tuesday after leading Senate Republicans in passing the Democrat bill, Mitch McConnell endorsed Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House. America's Most Popular Senators Samuel Stebbins June 6, 2022 2:00 pm Once regarded as the greatest deliberative body in the world, the U.S. Senate has Margins of error for responses from all voters in each state range from 1 to 5 points. At this time last month, voters preferred Republicans by 2.2 points (44.7 percent to 42.5 percent). - Disapproval rating: 26% Michael Castle (a Republican) swapped roles after winning their respective elections. - State: Kentucky Rounds was one of the senators urging President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and supported embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Their four most vulnerable incumbents this fall Sens. - Disapproval rating: 41% A senator from South Dakota since 2015, Mike Rounds was previously the state's governor from 2003 to 2011. Jon Tester went from the Montana State Senate to the U.S. Senate upon winning his election in 2006. - State: Florida - Approval rating: 52% - Disapproval rating: 28% - Never heard of: 9% Just ask Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who for years has had the worst PARS score in the country (currently -54). - Disapproval rating: 35% Cardin is thought to be one of the most liberal senators and often supported former President Barack Obama's agenda. Despite speculation that he would run for president in 2020, Brown declined to do so, electing to stay in the Senate instead. - Party: Democrat. Senate // Wikimedia Commons, Rebecca Hammel/ U.S. Senate // Wikimedia Commons, United States Congress // Wikimedia Commons, Office of Senator Sherrod Brown // Wikimedia Commons, U.S. Customs and Border Protection // Flickr, Joy Holder/U.S. During his tenure as senator, Sheldon Whitehouse attracted attention from PolitiFact regarding a claim that Paul Ryan's 2012 budget would get rid of Medicare in 10 years. Recently, Whitehouse stated his opposition to statehood for Washington D.C. - Approval rating: 46% - Never heard of: 33% Quarterly surveys conducted in 2021 and 2022 among representative samples of registered voters in each state, with unweighted margins of error of +/-1 to 4 percentage points. - State: Minnesota - Approval rating: 45% Jack Reed served in the U.S. Army before being elected to the House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997. Thomas Carper was a congressman representing Delaware until 1992, when he and then-Gov. - Never heard of: 13% These days, the 100 senators comprising the upper house of the United States Congress are arguably under more scrutiny by American citizens and the press since the nation's founding. Smith recently introduced the Emergency Access to Insulin Act andalsowrote about the importance of clean energy. - Approval rating: 37% In a March 2019 vote, Sinema voted against the Green New Deal. - Party: Republican, After narrowly winning two straight elections to be governor of Florida, Rick Scott defeated long-serving Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson in a 2018 senatorial campaign that was close enough to trigger a recount. To determine how popular each American senator is, Stacker pored over survey data from Morning Consult. - Party: Republican. - Never heard of: 18% - Approval rating: 38% 2007 as the sixth-most conservative senator. Sen. Tim Kaine had a number of positions before his election to the Senate. - State: Alaska - Disapproval rating: 35% @eyokley, Download Fastest Growing Brands 2022 Report, Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, Getty Images / Morning Consult artwork by Chloe Phan, Sinemas Standing Among Independents, Republicans Improves Post-Party Switch. - State: Oregon - State: Mississippi - Approval rating: 41% - State: Delaware Without a doubt, he is the most popular senator with an approval rating of 62%. - State: New Mexico - State: Illinois - Party: Republican. - Approval rating: 34% Although partisanship has been getting more important in gubernatorial races, it is not as dominant of a force in them as it is in federal elections.3. The first Thai-American woman elected to Congress, then-Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth defeated incumbent Mark Kirk in a 2016 senatorial election. - Party: Republican. - State: Michigan - Disapproval rating: 34% Bob Casey Jr., son of former Pennsylvania Gov. Sullivan today acts as an advocate against military action toward Iran while supporting sanctions against the country. - Never heard of: 14% He will be retiring from the Senate and will not seek reelection in 2020. - State: Maryland Dick Durbin is a prominent liberal in the Senate who serves as the House Minority Whip under Chuck Schumer. - Never heard of: 29% - Party: Democrat. *Denotes senator has retired. He won a third term in 2018 with strong support from indigenous peoples and women. Manchin has voted with Donald Trump 61% of the timesince the beginning of Trump's presidency, according to FiveThirtyEight. A Democratic senator with a net approval of +2 in an R+7 state has a PARS of +9 (2+7 = 9). the White Housesenators are responsible for passing laws, treaties, and nominations put forward by the president of the United States. - Approval rating: 43% - State: Michigan - Party: Republican. - State: Pennsylvania Eli Yokley is a senior data reporter at Morning Consult covering politics and campaigns. He made headlines in 2014 when he went on a six-day long bipartisan survival trip with then-Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake. - Disapproval rating: 30% - Never heard of: 27% Sinema has long ranked as one of the most unpopular senators in the country, and her decision to switch political teams doesnt seem to be winning over more voters either. - Never heard of: 24% - Party: Republican. - Disapproval rating: 37% All rights reserved. - Party: Democrat. - Never heard of: 7% At the other end of the spectrum, John Barrasso of Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, is the countrys most popular senator, with a 66% approval rating. Manchin has voted with Donald Trump 61% of the time, currently the third wealthiest senator in Congress, one of several Democratic senators running, resolution commemorating the Stonewall uprising, his folksy behavior and colloquialisms in the Senate, he has voted with Trump on the issues around 34% of the time, posting a number of letters he receives from constituents, Collins has voted with the Republicans at a higher frequency. (That said, he did win by only 20 points, several points worse than the states partisan lean, suggesting that his unpopularity did have some effect. Bernie Sanders. Cantwell is a strong advocate for reproductive rights and environmental protection. Richard Burr of North Carolina has been the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee since 2015, and as such has had an active role in the probe investigating Russian interference in United States elections. - Party: Democrat. Because of this, senators' approval ratings today tell much more about the person behind them than the political makeup of the states they represent. WebSinema or Manchin are probably the least popular Democratic senators among Democratic voters, and McConnell and Cruz are probably among the least popular GOP Senators. - Disapproval rating: 35% Bill Cassidy won his election in 2014 during a Republican sweep that made him the first Republican senator from Louisiana since Reconstruction. - State: Ohio - Party: Republican. After serving on the New Hampshire State Senate and as governor, Maggie Hassan defeated the Republican incumbent to become a U.S. senator. As a congresswoman, Jacky Rosen had the distinction of being the only Democrat to defeat a Republican incumbent during the 2018 elections. Isakson has supported stronger border security and voted to uphold President Trump's declaration of a national emergency. If the same state had a Republican governor with the same approval rating, his PARS would be -5 (2-7 = -5). Bob Casey, is a pro-life Democrat like his father. - Disapproval rating: 38% - Approval rating: 53% - Disapproval rating: 29% Susan Collins, a self-described moderate Republican, has received attention for voting against her colleagues on a number of significant occasions. Now into his 80s, Roberts will not run for an additional term. - State: Wisconsin - Party: Republican. - Party: Republican. - Party: Republican. Partisan lean is the average margin difference between how a state or district votes and how the country votes overall. - Disapproval rating: 22% - Party: Republican. - Never heard of: 33% The Senate is one of the key instruments of the checks and balances that serve as the function of the federal government. - Never heard of: 25% While presiding over the Senate floor, Daines censured fellow Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who was reading a letter from Coretta Scott King thought to be impugning Sen. Jeff Sessions during his hearings to become attorney general. Like his father before him, Paul ran for the presidency in 2016, ultimately dropping out after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses. unsanitary and food-deprived conditions at facilities holding migrant children, one of the wealthiest senators currently serving, warned about the growing tensions between Iran and the United States, an aggressive and supposedly abusive environment as a boss, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1. Incumbent: Republican Roy Blunt (retiring) Its still all about Eric Greitens in - Disapproval rating: 27% - Approval rating: 47% - Never heard of: 29% Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin had not held office prior to his election to the Senate, being a CEO for a plastics and manufacturing company beforehand. - Approval rating: 51% Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont. In the Senate, Johnson has been active and vocal about illegal crossings through the southern border. - Never heard of: 24% - Party: Republican. - Party: Republican. - Disapproval rating: 25% This version of partisan lean, meant to be used for congressional and gubernatorial elections, is calculated as 50 percent the state or districts lean relative to the nation in the most recent presidential election, 25 percent its relative lean in the second-most-recent presidential election and 25 percent a custom state-legislative lean. - State: New Jersey Sherrod Brown (43%) and Bob Casey (42%), while Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin and Jacky Rosen of Nevada (the most unknown senator up for re-election next year) are both continuing to tread water, with approval ratings that nearly match their disapproval ratings. Ernst received controversy and criticism over her support of Iowa Congressman Steve King, who has been rebuked by several of his peers recently due to perceived racist rhetoric. Booker gained attention for his pointed questioning during the hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, receiving criticism from conservatives. 25 Apr 2022 0 3:04 Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has earned the status of the most unpopular senator, a Monday Morning Consult poll revealed. - Never heard of: 18% Raphael Warnock, Mark Kelly, Maggie Hassan and Catherine Cortez Masto all have PARS scores of at - Approval rating: 49% For more detailed information, you can download the 50-state data set for senator approval ratings among all voters here. Some Republicans in Arizona see Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb or 2022 Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters as potential contenders to appeal next year to the GOPs rightward flank, while Karrin Taylor Robson, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2022, and state Treasurer Kimberly Yee are being eyed by those looking for a candidate with broader appeal. - Party: Republican. Former Congressman John Boozman was the first Republican elected to the Senate for Arkansas since the Reconstruction era. - Disapproval rating: 28% - State: Nebraska - Disapproval rating: 21% Rubio followed up by being a top contender for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election, ultimately dropping out after losing the primary for his own state of Florida to Donald Trump. - Party: Republican. Jon Tester (+33 PARS) and Sherrod Brown (+20 PARS), who have managed to win multiple elections despite hailing from red states. Enzi will not seek a fifth term in 2020. He was the mayor of Richmond, lieutenant governor of Virginia, governor of Virginia, and the chair of the Democratic National Committee. How Every Senator And Governor Ranks According To Popularity Above Replacement, reinstate former President Donald Trumps account, What The 20 Republicans Who Voted Against Kevin McCarthy Have In Common. Pat Toomey narrowly defeated then-fellow Congressman Joe Sestak in 2010, succeeding Arlen Specter, who switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party, and lost to Sestak in a primary. Barrasso has allied himself with Trump in his growing concern over relations with Iran. - State: Massachusetts - Never heard of: 11% As a senator, Ben Sasse of Nebraska voted against legislation that would have prevented the government shutdown in February of 2019. Based on Morning Consults approval ratings1 for every senator and governor in the country (now updated for the first quarter of 2022), PARS and PARG attempt to measure how much stronger (or weaker) a politician is than a generic (or, to use a term from baseball, replacement-level) candidate from their party would be. Phil Scott has not yet announced whether he is running, but it is expected that he will, as of May 12, 2022. - Never heard of: 33% former Army general as her Republican challenger. Facing Ballot in 2024, Romney Is Weak Among Utah Republicans. - State: Missouri Despite criticizing Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign after the Access Hollywood tape leak, Capito did ultimately supported Trump's presidency. North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis has received criticism from the political right wing for breaking with President Donald Trump on occasion during his first term. - Disapproval rating: 36% Following Sinemas Dec. 9 declaration that she was separating from the Democratic Party, her overall approval rating only moved marginally. - State: Maryland Carper then won a seat in the Senate in 2000 against incumbent William Roth: a shakeup during a period when Delaware had the same four elected officialsRoth, Carper, Castle, and Joe Bidenfor 16 years. - State: Indiana In Virginia, the past couple years have taken a bit of a toll on Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, though voters there are more likely to approve than disapprove, 43% to 39%, of his job performance. Web12 Boris Johnson Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is an English politician, popular historian, and journalist who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from - Party: Republican. - Approval rating: 46% - Disapproval rating: 26% Hyde-Smith, McConnell, Moran, Murkowski, Portman, Romney, Rounds, Rubio, Shelby, Thune, Tuberville, Wicker Young. Inhofe is outspoken about his denial of climate change and has been a fierce opponent of LGBTQ+ rights. - Party: Republican. Oct 1.-Dec. 31, 2022 https://morningconsult.biz/3vQfQCO . - Disapproval rating: 31% - Approval rating: 43% Before her election to the Senate in 2000, Cantwell served in the Washington House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives. Incumbent Republican Ron Johnson, a close Trump ally and antagonist of the left, is the most vulnerable GOP senator up for reelection this cycle. Johnson has survived in worse climates for Republicans, like in 2016. But his favorability ratings in the state are poor and Democrats are ready to spend tens of millions on trying to oust him. In an era of prevalent polling and political chatter, American senators are under fire now more than ever. - Approval rating: 35% Without a doubt, he is the most popular senator with an approval rating of 62%. Their actions, words, and legislative records matter more and can represent serious advantages or disadvantages to them in an election yearthe next of which will take place in 2020. - Approval rating: 48% He has comfortably won reelection many times since then, even receiving 99% of the vote in 2004. - Never heard of: 17% - Approval rating: 47% - State: Oklahoma - Disapproval rating: 35% Stacker distribution partners receive a license to all Stacker stories, - State: Montana The son of former Texas Congressman Ron Paul, Rand Paul won a seat in the Senate in 2010 after practicing as a physician in Kentucky. Nationally, Sen. Joe Manchin is best known as a thorn in liberals side because he has opposed President Bidens agenda on the social safety net, voting rights, abortion and more. your CMS. - Never heard of: 25% So Why Do The Advanced Stats Think He Is One? After serving in the House of Representatives, Martin Heinrich was elected to the Senate in 2012. The idea behind these stats is that a 70 percent approval rating for a Democrat in Massachusetts isnt the same as a 70 percent approval rating for a Democrat in Florida. - State: South Carolina - Approval rating: 55% faces a fierce reelection battle in 2020. encouraging Donald Trump Jr. to ignore a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee. Murphy is one of the most vocal senators on the issues of gun control, with the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School happening in his state. Sinema succeeded retiring Republican Sen. Jeff Flake and became the first Democratic senator to serve Arizona since 1995. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan is somewhere in the middle, with a PARG of +6. Despite being long-tenured on Congress, Bob Menendez of New Jersey went through some legal trouble in 2015 when he was indicted for corruption charges. - Disapproval rating: 31% - Approval rating: 40% - Disapproval rating: 29% - Never heard of: 31% - Approval rating: 39% - Party: Republican. This includes Sens. Raphael Warnock, Mark Kelly, Maggie Hassan and Catherine Cortez Masto all have PARS scores of at least +7, suggesting that they are capable of outperforming the base partisanship of their state. Isakson succeeded Newt Gingrich in the House of Representatives before being elected to the Senate with establishment support in 2004. 2022 Governors Elections (39) Colorado has been reliably blue in recent years, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will take comfort in at least share our stories with your audience. - Party: Democrat. - Approval rating: 44% - Disapproval rating: 28% She has had a fairly liberal voting record regarding issues like gun rights, health care, and foreign policy. The former congresswoman lost to Democratic opponent Kyrsten Sinema in 2018, but gained the other Senate seat for Arizona after Sen. Jon Kyl stepped down and Republican Gov. - Approval rating: 53% - Approval rating: 46% - Party: Democrat. The sole reason of stoking his base supporters so Why do the Advanced Stats Think he is One 9! Act andalsowrote about the importance of clean energy defeat a Republican incumbent to become a senator! 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