How did US senators vote on Kavanaugh?
Senate votes 50-48 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Here’s how each senator voted.
Published On 6 Oct 2018
The US Senate voted 50-48 on Saturday to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, pushing the court further to the right.
The vote ended a brutal and divisive battle after sexual assault allegations against the judge were made. Kavanaugh has denied the accusations.
Here’s a look at how each senator voted.
Voted in favour of the nomination
Republicans
- Lamar Alexander – Tennessee
- John Barrasso – Wyoming
- Roy Blunt – Missouri
- John Boozman – Arkansas
- Richard M Burr – North Carolina
- Shelley Moore Capito – West Virginia
- Bill Cassidy – Louisiana
- Susan Collins – Maine
- Bob Corker – Tennessee
- John Cornyn – Texas
- Tom Cotton – Arkansas
- Michael D Crapo – Idaho
- Ted Cruz – Texas
- Michael B Enzi – Wyoming
- Joni Ernst – Iowa
- Deb Fischer – Nebraska
- Jeff Flake – Arizona
- Cory Gardner – Colorado
- Lindsey Graham – South Carolina
- Charles E Grassley – Iowa
- Orrin G Hatch – Utah
- Dean Heller – Nevada
- John Hoeven – North Dakota
- Cindy Hyde-Smith – Mississippi
- James M Inhofe – Oklahoma
- Johnny Isakson – Georgia
- Ron Johnson – Wisconsin
- John Kennedy – Louisiana
- Jon Kyl – Arizona
- James Lankford – Oklahoma
- Mike Lee – Utah
- Mitch McConnell – Kentucky
- Jerry Moran – Kansas
- Rand Paul – Kentucky
- David Perdue – Georgia
- Rob Portman – Ohio
- Jim Risch – Idaho
- Pat Roberts – Kansas
- Michael Rounds – South Dakota
- Marco Rubio – Florida
- Ben Sasse – Nebraska
- Tim Scott – South Carolina
- Richard C Shelby – Alabama
- Dan Sullivan – Alaska
- John Thune – South Dakota
- Thom Tillis – North Carolina
- Patrick J Toomey – Pennsylvania
- Roger Wicker – Mississippi
- Todd Young – Indiana
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Democrats
- Joe Manchin III – West Virginia
Voted against the nomination
Democrats
- Tammy Baldwin – Wisconsin
- Michael Bennet – Colorado
- Richard Blumenthal – Connecticut
- Cory Booker – New Jersey
- Sherrod Brown – Ohio
- Maria Cantwell – Washington
- Benjamin L Cardin – Maryland
- Thomas R Carper – Delaware
- Bob Casey – Pennsylvania
- Chris Coons – Delaware
- Catherine Cortez Masto – Nevada
- Joe Donnelly – Indiana
- Tammy Duckworth – Illinois
- Richard J Durbin – Illinois
- Dianne Feinstein – California
- Kirsten Gillibrand – New York
- Kamala Harris – California
- Maggie Hassan – New Hampshire
- Martin Heinrich – New Mexico
- Heidi Heitkamp – North Dakota
- Mazie K Hirono – Hawaii
- Doug Jones – Alabama
- Tim Kaine – Virginia
- Angus King – Maine
- Amy Klobuchar – Minnesota
- Patrick J Leahy – Vermont
- Edward J Markey – Massachusetts
- Claire McCaskill – Missouri
- Robert Menendez – New Jersey
- Jeff Merkley – Oregon
- Christopher S Murphy – Connecticut
- Patty Murray – Washington
- Bill Nelson – Florida
- Gary Peters – Michigan
- Jack Reed – Rhode Island
- Bernie Sanders – Vermont
- Brian Schatz – Hawaii
- Chuck Schumer – New York
- Jeanne Shaheen – New Hampshire
- Tina Smith – Minnesota
- Debbie Stabenow – Michigan
- Jon Tester – Montana
- Tom Udall – New Mexico
- Chris Van Hollen – Maryland
- Mark Warner – Virginia
- Elizabeth Warren – Massachusetts
- Sheldon Whitehouse – Rhode Island
- Ron Wyden – Oregon
Voted ‘present’
- Republican Lisa Murkowski – Alaska (Murkowski was opposed to the nomination, but voted “present” as a courtesy to Montana Senator Daines who is out of town)
Not present
- Republican Steve Daines – Montana (Daines was away for his daughter’s wedding, but he would have voted in favour of Kavanaugh)
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Source: Al Jazeera