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U.S. Senator from Michigan

Elissa Slotkin

Democrat · Michigan

Former CIA analyst and Pentagon official, elected to Senate in 2024. Former House member in competitive Michigan district. Focus on national security, manufacturing, and rural Michigan.

Record

Moderate Democrat with national security expertise. Focus on Michigan's automotive transition to EVs, rural broadband and healthcare access, and practical bipartisan solutions.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)

  • S.5009 — MERIT Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
  • S.4845 — Protect Our Polls Act (Introduced, Jun 18, 2026)
  • S.4710 — Protecting America from Chinese Cars Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 9, 2026)
  • S.4188 — Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 25, 2026)
  • S.4113 — AI Guardrails Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 17, 2026)
  • S.3819 — Paving the Way for American Industry Act (Introduced, Feb 10, 2026)
  • S.3766 — Make Congress Drive Union Made Act (Introduced, Feb 3, 2026)
  • S.3600 — National Housing Emergency Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jan 8, 2026)

Notable votes

  • Voted Nay on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S.Res. 817 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817 (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jul 29, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R. 6644 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jun 18, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • S.5189 — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, to codify and clarify gender neutral standards for members of certain Armed Forces, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • S.4318 — Breast Cancer Stamp Reauthorization Act (Introduced, Jul 28, 2026)
  • S.5108 — A bill to protect and expand nationwide access to assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • S.5124 — A bill to prohibit interference in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • S.1289 — 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • S.5075 — Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • S.5042 — Social Security 2100 Act (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
  • S.3127 — Farm to School Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 15, 2026)

Voting analysis

Elissa Slotkin's Senate record is short — she arrived with this Congress, so her comparable-vote base is well under what longer-serving members supply — and every departure in it points the same way.

6.3%
Votes against the Democrat majority
158
Roll calls where a party majority formed
20 of 45
Rank among Senate Democrats, most defections first

Two bills she helped carry

She has no recorded instance of withholding support her caucus was giving. What she has instead is two measures she backed at every stage: one at passage, cloture twice and on an amendment folded in; the other at passage, cloture and on two separate adopted amendments. Add two joint resolutions supported against the caucus and the record is complete.

Ten departures, all affirmative, concentrated on two vehicles. That is a narrower and more deliberate pattern than the raw rate implies.

All 10 roll calls where Elissa Slotkin voted against the Senate Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
S. 1582
S. 1582, As Amended
On Passage of the Bill S. 1582 · roll call 119		Jun 17, 2025Bill PassedYea (party: Nay)
S. 1582
Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. 1582
On the Cloture Motion S. 1582 · roll call 119		Jun 12, 2025Cloture Motion Agreed toYea (party: Nay)
S. 1582
Amdt. No. 2307
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2307 to S. 1582 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Jun 12, 2025Amendment Agreed toYea (party: Nay)
S. 1582
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Amdt. No. 2307 to S. 1582
On the Cloture Motion S. 1582 · roll call 119		Jun 11, 2025Cloture Motion Agreed toYea (party: Nay)
H.J.Res. 88
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 88 · roll call 119		May 22, 2025Joint Resolution PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.J.Res. 25
On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 25 · roll call 119		Mar 26, 2025Joint Resolution PassedYea (party: Nay)
S. 5
S. 5, As Amended
On Passage of the Bill S. 5 · roll call 119		Jan 20, 2025Bill PassedYea (party: Nay)
S. 5
Ernst Amdt No. 8, As Amended
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 8 to S. 5 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Jan 20, 2025Amendment Agreed toYea (party: Nay)
S. 5
Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. 5
On the Cloture Motion S. 5 · roll call 119		Jan 17, 2025Cloture Motion Agreed toYea (party: Nay)
S. 5
Cornyn Amdt. No. 14
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 14 to S.Amdt. 8 to S. 5 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Jan 15, 2025Amendment Agreed toYea (party: Nay)

Above the Michigan average

Michigan's two Democratic senators both depart relatively often, and Slotkin is above the pair's average despite the shorter record.

Among the 2 Democrats in the Michigan delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 5.2%. Elissa Slotkin is above that average at 6.3%.

Committee roles and filings

She is ranking member of an agriculture subcommittee on livestock and food safety and of the armed services subcommittee on emerging threats — a pairing that maps onto a state with both farms and defence work. The bills reflect a national security background: a merit act, protection for polling places, a measure on Chinese-made cars, integrity in financial prediction markets, and guardrails on artificial intelligence.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Elissa Slotkin's cluster into: Armed Forces and National Security (2), Congress (1), Crime and Law Enforcement (1), Finance and Financial Sector (1), Government Operations and Politics (1), Housing and Community Development (1).

220
Bills sponsored
1570
Bills cosponsored

Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure and attendance

House service before this seat carries her into the middle tenure band. She misses very few votes.

First elected in 2019, now serving across 4 terms. Elissa Slotkin falls in the mid cohort.

1.3%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
160
Roll calls eligible to vote on
2
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Elissa Slotkin has 220 bills sponsored, 1570 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety (Ranking Member)
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services: Airland
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services: Cybersecurity
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services: Emerging Threats and Capabilities (Ranking Member)
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census

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