John Fetterman
Democrat · PA · U.S. Senate
Bio
John Karl Fetterman is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, a seat he has held since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2006 to 2019 as the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and from 2019 to 2023 as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 3.6 years
- First took office
- 2023 (1 terms)
- Seniority
- 90 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 57
- Senate class
- 3 · senior senator
- Pittsburgh, PA · 412-803-3501
- Erie, PA · 814-453-3010
- Harrisburg, PA · 717-782-3951
- Wilkes-Barre, PA · 570-820-4088
- Philadelphia, PA · 215-241-1090
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $547k – $2.3M
- Liabilities
- $15k – $50k
- Net worth
- $497k – $2.3M
- Since 2022
- −$112k
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)
Issue profile
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
John Fetterman'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
John Fetterman (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Fettermansits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Committees
- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europecenter · 9 members
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestrycenter · 23 members
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportationcenter · 28 members
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairscenter · 15 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Fetterman'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
Latest news
Bernie Sanders Hits John Fetterman With A Party Reality Check After Fox News Trash Talks“Look, you wanna get on television, you go on Fox TV and you say something bad about Bernie Sanders, get you some coverage. That’s the way it is,” the Vermont senator said.
HuffPost · August 14, 2026
John Fetterman Says He Won’t Help Democrats Defeat Dave McCormick in 2030: ‘I Would Never, Ever Move Against…’Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he will not campaign against Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) if McCormick seeks reelection in 2030, underscoring the unusually close relationship between the two Pennsylvania senators. Fetterman Rules Out Campaigning Against McCor…
Biztoc.com · August 13, 2026
John Fetterman ‘absolutely’ won’t campaign against GOP ‘friend’ Sen. Dave McCormickMaverick Sen. John Fetterman ruled out the possibility of campaigning or moving against his Pennsylvania colleague Sen. Dave McCormick, underscoring the close friendship they've cultivated.
New York Post · August 12, 2026
Fetterman Says He Will Not Campaign Against Dave McCormickSen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said he will not campaign against Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) if his fellow Pennsylvania senator seeks reelection in 2030. Fetterman made clear that his friendship with McCormick would keep him from working to defeat the Republican, …
Breitbart News · August 12, 2026
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