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Tina Smith

3rd term · 8.7 years in office: 2 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Senator · MN · Democrat · since Jan 2018

Tina Smith

Bills authored 24Missed votes 12 of 214Party unity 36% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 214 roll calls and 162 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions
Stray index
140 of 4 stated positions diverge from the record
coverage 79%

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Tina Smith was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and grew up in Santa Fe.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tina Smith She earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration from Dartmouth College.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tina Smith Before entering public office, Smith worked in marketing for General Mills, started her own consulting firm, and served as an executive for a regional branch of Planned Parenthood.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tina Smith

Smith served as chief of staff to the mayor of Minneapolis and the governor of Minnesota before being elected as the state's lieutenant governor in 2014.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tina Smith She was appointed to the United States Senate in 2018, won a special election later that year, and was elected to a full term in 2020.Source 1: Tina Smith — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Tina Smith

In their own words

“I began working on this issue when I first came to the Senate over 8 years ago, and people in Minnesota were telling me that they couldn't find an affordable place to live.”

Congressional Record · Jun 18, 2026 · Source

One rule for every member: their most recent dated, linkable statement about themselves.

The path here

  1. 1984

    Moved to Minnesota to work in marketing for General Mills.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tina Smith

  2. 2006

    Became chief of staff to the mayor of Minneapolis.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tina Smith

  3. 2011

    Appointed chief of staff to the governor of Minnesota.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tina Smith

  4. 2015-2018

    Served as lieutenant governor of Minnesota.Source 3: Wikipedia: Tina Smith

  5. 2018-present

    Serving as U.S. Senator from Minnesota.Source 1: Tina Smith — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Tina Smith

94.39% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

  1. 1Tina Smith — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
  2. 3Wikipedia: Tina Smithwikipediaopen source archived copy
Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

8.7YRS

In office · 3rd term · since Jan 2018

We hold certified results for U.S. House seats only.

94.39%

Attendance

senate median 98.13% (100 members)

Not a candidate in any election we track.

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Before Congress

  1. 1984 Moved to Minnesota to work in marketing for General Mills.
  2. 2006 Became chief of staff to the mayor of Minneapolis.
  3. 2011 Appointed chief of staff to the governor of Minnesota.
  4. 2015-2018 Served as lieutenant governor of Minnesota.
  5. 2018-present Serving as U.S. Senator from Minnesota.
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestrySenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsSenate Committee on FinanceSenate Committee on Indian AffairsSenate Committee on Finance · Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth subcommittee ranking memberSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Housing, Transportation, and Community Development subcommittee ranking memberSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Digital Assets subcommitteeSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Economic Policy subcommitteeSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Health Care subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness subcommitteeSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety subcommitteeSenate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Rural Development, Energy, and Credit subcommittee24 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: stated 46 of 100 toward FISCAL RESTRAINT; voted 47 of 100.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated; voted 49 of 100 toward STRICTER ENFORCEMENT.
  • Immigration: stated 20 of 100 toward TIGHTER LIMITS; not yet scored.
  • Rights & liberty: stated 91 of 100 toward INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY; voted 53 of 100.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated; voted 61 of 100 toward CONSERVE & PROTECT.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated; voted 69 of 100 toward DISCLOSURE & AUDIT.
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0/4

stated positions where the voting record differs from the stated platform.

Closest matches

Land use & zoning ±2Enforcement & security ±22Native American affairs ±41

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. ○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted. Select a cluster to open its issues.

GapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Current · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$48.8KTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $1.3K · 40 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$23.0K · 47.2%
  • Itemized individual$11.7K · 24.0%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$3.5K · 7.2%
  • All other$10.6K · 21.7%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.410
Social (dim 2)-0.118

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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