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Thomas R. Carper

Former

Democrat · DE · U.S. Senate

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Reported net worth

2015
$4.9M
2016
$4.9M
2017
$6.4M
2018
$5.8M
2019
$6.2M
2020
$7.2M
2021
$8.9M
2022
$7.8M
2023
$7.9M
Most recent filing (2023)
Assets
$4.3M$14.6M
Liabilities
$1.0M$2.0M
Net worth
$2.3M$13.6M
Since 2015
+$3.0M

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
D+0.15
Healthcare
D+0.60
Immigration & Border
D+0.47
Guns
D+0.26
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.86
Environment & Energy
D+0.64
Crime & Policing
D+0.63
Defense & Veterans
R+0.11
Economy & Labor
D+0.67
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.62
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.72
Education
D+0.73
Government & Democracy
D+0.58
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+0.55

Each issue runs left right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Thomas R. Carper's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Thomas R. Carper (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightCarper

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Carper's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

YEA
American Relief Act, 2025
2024-12-21 · Bill Passed · Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
American Relief Act, 2025
2024-12-21 · Bill Passed · Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Social Security Fairness Act of 2023
2024-12-21 · Bill Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Economy & Labor
YEA
American Relief Act, 2025
2024-12-21 · Bill Passed · Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Benjamin J. Cheeks, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California
2024-12-20 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Benjamin J. Cheeks, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California
2024-12-20 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Serena Raquel Murillo, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California
2024-12-20 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Serena Raquel Murillo, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California
2024-12-20 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Keli Marie Neary, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
2024-12-10 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Tiffany Rene Johnson, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia
2024-12-09 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Sarah Morgan Davenport, of New Mexico, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico
2024-12-05 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Tiffany Rene Johnson, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia
2024-12-05 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations

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