Gary C. Peters

18 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2009

• Senator MI 2015–present
• Representative MI-9 2009–2015

• background Born December 1, 1958; lawyer and former naval officer
• role Michigan Senate (14th district, 1995–2002)
• role U.S. House from Michigan's 14th district (2009–2015)
• role Senior U.S. senator from Michigan since 2015
• achievement Only non-incumbent Democrat to win Senate seat in 2014
• role Chair of Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (2022, 2024)

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.

• 96.7%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 30 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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

• 82
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 271 cosponsored

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

• 1
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 82 bills sponsored

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

• 80%
  Party-unity voting →

  votes with the party majority · median 100% · on 10 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.

• 20%
  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 Gary C. Peters. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member
• Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety Subcommittee Ranking Member
• Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
• Airland Subcommittee
• Appropriations Committee
• Armed Services Committee · oversees Defense
• Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · oversees Technology, Telecom
• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · oversees Technology, Telecom
• Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee
• Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
• Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
• Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Ex Officio
• Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries Subcommittee
• Cybersecurity Subcommittee
• Energy and Water Development Subcommittee · oversees Energy
• Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness Subcommittee · oversees Technology
• Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee

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

• DefenseOppose from votes
• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes
• Foreign PolicyPartial support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Peters most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

Data from Congress.gov