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Benjamin L. Cardin

Former

Democrat · MD · U.S. Senate

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

Reported net worth

2018
$2.9M
2019
$3.1M
2020
$3.3M
2021
$3.7M
2022
$2.8M
2023
$2.8M
Most recent filing (2023)
Assets
$1.4M – $4.2M
Liabilities
$0 – $0
Net worth
$1.4M – $4.2M
Since 2018
−$78k

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+0.07
Healthcare
D+0.73
Immigration & Border
D+0.46
Guns
R+0.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+1.00
Environment & Energy
D+0.65
Crime & Policing
D+0.71
Defense & Veterans
R+0.00
Economy & Labor
D+0.70
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.52
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.76
Education
D+0.79
Government & Democracy
D+0.66
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+0.62

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

Benjamin L. Cardin'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

Benjamin L. Cardin (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightCardin

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Cardin'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
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
Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
2024-12-16 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Environment & Energy
YEA
Matthew James Marzano, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2028
2024-12-12 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Environment & Energy
YEA
Matthew James Marzano, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2028
2024-12-12 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Environment & Energy
YEA
Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2029
2024-12-11 · Cloture Motion Rejected · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Economy & Labor
YEA
Noel Wise, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California
2024-12-11 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Cynthia Valenzuela Dixon, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California
2024-12-10 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Anne Hwang, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California
2024-12-02 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Catherine Henry, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
2024-11-21 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Noel Wise, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California
2024-11-21 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Gail A. Weilheimer, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
2024-11-21 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations

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