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Christopher A. Coons

Christopher A. Coons

Democratic · DE U.S. SenatorCandidate 2026

17 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2010

  • background Born September 9, 1963; a lawyer and member of the Democratic Party
  • background Graduated from Amherst College, Yale Divinity School, and Yale Law School; worked as volunteer relief worker in Kenya and for Coalition for the Homeless in New York
  • achievement County executive of New Castle County from 2005 to 2010; balanced budget with surplus in fiscal year 2010 and maintained AAA bond rating
  • role Won 2010 Senate special election, defeating Republican Christine O'Donnell; senior U.S. Senator from Delaware since 2010, elected to full term in 2014
  • role Vice chair of Senate Ethics Committee (chaired 2021-2025); serves on Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Judiciary, and Small Business committees
  • role Delaware's senior senator and dean of state congressional delegation since January 2025 when Tom Carper retired

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 82.6%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 46 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 71
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 584 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 1
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 71 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 95%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 21 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 5%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 19
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Christopher A. Coons. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

82.6%
of Senate roll calls voted

Full voting record (46 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 46 of 915 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. Senate DE · 2026 General Election

  • $3,940,137 raised
  • $1,419,652 spent
  • $4,705,684 cash on hand
$3.94M
$3.18M
$1.87M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.82M
Unitemized (< $200)$52.51K
Other committees (PACs)$1.31M
Transfers from other committees$664.75K
Offsets to expenditures$371.84
Other receipts$96.68K
$1.42M
Operating expenditures$1.29M
Contribution refunds$27.49K
Other disbursements$101.98K
Cash on hand$4.71M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Christopher A. Coons campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2010$4,215,136$3,869,062$346,074
2012$1,058,187$597,399$806,862
2014$4,770,827$4,859,457$718,234
2016$375,233$716,809$376,659
2018$761,126$632,598$505,185
2020$6,081,415$4,746,087$1,840,513
2022$979,329$998,740$1,821,102
2024$1,749,728$1,385,630$2,185,200
2026$3,940,137$1,419,652$4,705,684

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $57,680 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $24,000
  • THE CHEMOURS COMPANY $20,000
  • INVARIANT $17,500
  • BARCLAYS $16,500
  • AXXESS $15,000
  • ROSEN PARTNERS LLC $13,200
  • TRUMP GROUP $13,200
  • Employer not reported $12,300
  • AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP $12,000
  • IRELL & MANELLA LLP $11,850

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $11,569 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • SRES 936A resolution designating October 8, 2026, as "National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day".cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 945A resolution designating November 7, 2026, as "National Bison Day".cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5656A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for victims of crime to be notified of firearms-related activity by the offender, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5637A bill to establish the Critical Minerals Innovation Partnership, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5676A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to support educational programs in civics and history, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 924A resolution designating October 7, 2026, as "Energy Efficiency Day" in celebration of the economic and environmental benefits that have been driven by private sector innovation and Federal energy efficiency policies.cosponsoredSep 28, 2026
  • SRES 923A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 4 through October 10, 2026, as "National 4-H Week".cosponsoredSep 28, 2026
  • SRES 915A resolution recognizing the nationwide impact of Prison Fellowship on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • SRES 913A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • S 5533Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5529DEFEND IP ActcosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5551A bill to promote United States and allied energy and mineral security, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5521A bill to provide for adjustment of status for eligible nationals of Ukraine, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5490A bill to designate Ukraine under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide certain nationals of Ukraine with continued eligibility for temporary protected status, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • SRES 897A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • S 5476A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that have facilitated Israeli settlement construction in the E1 area of the West Bank.sponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • S 5471AI Systems Transparency ActsponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • SRES 896A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of religious freedom, authoritative texts, and transparency in artificial intelligence systems.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • SRES 864A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of September 19 through September 26, 2026, as "National Estuaries Week".cosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • SRES 868A resolution recognizing September 20, 2026, as "National LGBTQ+ Servicemembers and Veterans Day".cosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • S 5412Better Bench ActcosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • SRES 854A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Voting Rights Month".cosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • SRES 852A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.cosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • S 5390End Trump’s Tariff Tax ActcosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • S 5389Ending Presidential Corruption in Banking ActcosponsoredSep 13, 2026
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Coons, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Coons connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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