U.S. Senate · Democrat · in Congress since 2003

Chris Van Hollen

Senator from Maryland

Rank 11 of 537 in Congress and 7 of 262 Democrats. All three measures are on file.

What goes into the score

each part 0 to 100, higher is more independent

Pro-Israel lobby money

35% of the index

TrackAIPAC marks this member as rejecting AIPAC money and shows no dollar figure; it is counted as zero.
TrackAIPAC notes: Track AIPAC Approved, Next election 2028

Part score100.0

Source: TrackAIPAC, career total

PAC money share

35% of the index

$122K from PACs and other committees of $2.30M raised
$1.82M from individual donors
2023 to 2028 Senate election period to date, filings through Jun 30, 2026

Part score92.4

Source: FEC candidate page

Stock trading

30% of the index

None

No trades are listed for this member in Quiver Quantitative's table for the last year. That table can miss members, so a missing entry is not proof of no trades.

Part score100.0

Source: Quiver Quantitative, last year

Votes that helped donors

not scored yet

This part will compare the member's votes with the industries that fund their campaigns. It needs donor industry data we cannot yet read reliably, so it is not part of any score today.

Scorecards beside the index

shown for context, never blended in

America First FoundationF61 of 157 actions aligned with its positions on immigration, trade and foreign policyRead the scorecard

League of Conservation Voters100%2025 environmental score, lifetime 98%Read the scorecard

Heritage Action0%119th Congress score, lifetime 7%Read the scorecard

The rest of the Maryland delegation

9 members

DJamie RaskinMD-0877.7B RAndy HarrisMD-0173.2B DAngela D. AlsobrooksMD Senate66.8C DJohnny Olszewski, Jr.MD-0266.1C DApril McClain DelaneyMD-0659.0C DKweisi MfumeMD-0752.0D DSarah ElfrethMD-0348.9D DSteny H. HoyerMD-0541.7F DGlenn IveyMD-0439.6F

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