Al Franken

Former senator for Minnesota · Democrat; served until January 2, 2018

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Seats held: Senator for MN, 2009–2018.

Minnesota has about 5.8 million residents, represented by two senators.

Votes compared with what constituents said

Cooperative Election Study: voted with 22 of 28 surveyed votes where Minnesota's estimated majority was clear.

Each survey is shown on its own, never combined. Votes marked related were on a bill close to what was asked, and aren't counted. How the estimates work.

Survey question	Vote	How they voted	What constituents said	Compared
Repeal only the Affordable Care Act's requirement that everyone have health insurance CES 2018	December 20, 2017 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most oppose (38% support, likely 34.1–41.9%)	Related bill, not counted
The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) CES 2018	December 20, 2017 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Too close to call (53.9% support, likely 49.8–57.9%)	Too close to call
Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea CES 2018	July 27, 2017 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (72.8% support, likely 69.1–76.4%)	Related bill, not counted
Require the President to get Congress's approval to ease sanctions on Russia CES 2018	July 27, 2017 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (70.8% support, likely 67.1–74.5%)	With the majority
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea) CES 2017	July 27, 2017 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (76.6% support, likely 71.5–81.6%)	With the majority
Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act CES 2018	July 26, 2017 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most oppose (39.1% support, likely 35.1–43.2%)	With the majority
Repeal the Affordable Care Act CES 2017	July 26, 2017 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Too close to call (44.7% support, likely 39.1–50.3%)	Too close to call
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (government funding through September 2017) CES 2017	May 4, 2017 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (71.5% support, likely 66.3–76.7%)	With the majority
Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court CES 2018	April 7, 2017 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most support (55.5% support, likely 51.5–59.5%)	Against the majority
Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court CES 2017	April 7, 2017 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Too close to call (49.9% support, likely 44.2–55.5%)	Too close to call
Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education CES 2017	February 7, 2017 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most oppose (41.2% support, likely 35.7–46.8%)	With the majority
Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) CES 2016	December 9, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (82.2% support, likely 79–85.3%)	With the majority
Repeal the Affordable Care Act CES 2016	December 3, 2015 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most support (55.9% support, likely 51.8–60%)	Against the majority
Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) CES 2016	December 3, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (83.6% support, likely 80.5–86.7%)	With the majority
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement CES 2016	June 24, 2015 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most support (55.3% support, likely 51.3–59.3%)	Related bill, not counted
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement CES 2015	June 24, 2015 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most support (60.2% support, likely 54.3–66.1%)	Related bill, not counted
USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) CES 2016	June 2, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (74.5% support, likely 68.3–80.7%)	With the majority
USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) CES 2015	June 2, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (66.1% support, likely 59.1–73.1%)	With the majority
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) CES 2016	April 14, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (68.3% support, likely 64.5–72.1%)	With the majority
Approve the Keystone XL pipeline CES 2015	January 29, 2015 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most support (64.6% support, likely 58.9–70.4%)	Against the majority
Raise the debt ceiling CES 2014	February 12, 2014 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most oppose (45.4% support, likely 41.4–49.3%)	Against the majority
Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) CES 2014	February 4, 2014 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (61.8% support, likely 58–65.7%)	With the majority
Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) CES 2013	May 6, 2013 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Too close to call (47.6% support, likely 41.6–53.6%)	Too close to call
Renew the Violence Against Women Act CES 2013	February 12, 2013 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (88.7% support, likely 84.3–93.1%)	With the majority
Renew the Violence Against Women Act CES 2015	February 12, 2013 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (89.9% support, likely 85.6–94.1%)	With the majority
Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) CES 2012	July 25, 2012 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (59% support, likely 55.1–62.9%)	With the majority
Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) CES 2014	July 25, 2012 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most oppose (45.5% support, likely 41.6–49.5%)	Against the majority
Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) CES 2012	May 16, 2012 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most oppose (20.8% support, likely 17.5–24%)	With the majority
Approve the Keystone XL pipeline CES 2012	March 8, 2012 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most support (72.2% support, likely 68.5–75.9%)	Against the majority
Let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control for religious or moral reasons (Blunt amendment) CES 2012	March 1, 2012 · official record	Yea (against the proposal)	Most oppose (35.4% support, likely 31.6–39.1%)	With the majority
U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement CES 2012	October 12, 2011 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (54% support, likely 50.1–58%)	With the majority
End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) CES 2011	December 18, 2010 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (64.4% support, likely 58.7–70.1%)	With the majority
End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) CES 2012	December 18, 2010 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (71.1% support, likely 67.4–74.8%)	With the majority
Confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court CES 2010	August 5, 2010 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Too close to call (51.3% support, likely 46.7–56%)	Too close to call
Financial reform (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) CES 2010	July 15, 2010 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (70.9% support, likely 66.6–75.2%)	With the majority
Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) CES 2011	December 24, 2009 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Too close to call (52.3% support, likely 46.4–58.2%)	Too close to call
Affordable Care Act of 2010 CES 2012	December 24, 2009 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (59.5% support, likely 55.5–63.5%)	With the majority
Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) CES 2010	December 24, 2009 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (55.2% support, likely 50.5–60%)	With the majority
Confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court CES 2009	August 6, 2009 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Too close to call (50.2% support, likely 44.4–56.1%)	Too close to call

Attendance

In the 115th Congress, Al Franken missed 13 of 325 Senate votes (4%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 98.7% of the time.

Most recent votes

Vote	Date	Their vote
H.R. 1370: A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes. On the Motion · Motion Agreed to	December 21, 2017	Nay
H.R. 1370: A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes. On the Motion · Motion Agreed to	December 21, 2017	Yea
H.R. 1: To provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. On the Motion · Motion Agreed to	December 20, 2017	Nay
H.R. 1: To provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. On the Motion · Motion Rejected	December 20, 2017	Nay
H.R. 1: To provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. On the Motion to Proceed · Motion to Proceed Agreed to	December 19, 2017	Nay
Jennifer Gillian Newstead, of New York, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State On the Nomination · Nomination Confirmed	December 19, 2017	Nay
Owen West, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense On the Nomination · Nomination Confirmed	December 18, 2017	Nay
J. Paul Compton, Jr., of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development On the Nomination · Nomination Confirmed	December 18, 2017	Nay
James C. Ho, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit On the Nomination · Nomination Confirmed	December 14, 2017	Nay
James C. Ho, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit On the Cloture Motion · Cloture Motion Agreed to	December 13, 2017	Nay
Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit On the Nomination · Nomination Confirmed	December 13, 2017	Nay
Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit On the Cloture Motion · Cloture Motion Agreed to	December 12, 2017	Nay
Leonard Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit On the Nomination · Nomination Confirmed	December 12, 2017	Nay
Leonard Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit On the Cloture Motion · Cloture Motion Agreed to	December 11, 2017	Nay
H.J.Res. 123: A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes. On the Joint Resolution · Joint Resolution Passed	December 7, 2017	Did not vote

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Figures as of November 10, 2026, from the official vote records and published survey data listed on the Sources page. The interactive page always shows the latest. Found an error? Tell us.