Brian Schatz
Democrat · HI · U.S. Senate
Bio
Brian Emanuel Schatz is an American politician serving since 2012 as the senior United States senator from Hawaii. A progressive Democrat, Schatz served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, representing the 25th legislative district; as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii from 2008 to 2010; and as the 12th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2012.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 13.8 years
- First took office
- 2012 (4 terms)
- Seniority
- 49 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 53
- Senate class
- 3 · senior senator
- Senate Democratic Conference Deputy Secretary · 2023–present
- Honolulu, HI · 808-523-2061
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
- $2.2M – $7.7M
- Liabilities
- $1.2M – $2.4M
- Net worth
- −$138k – $6.5M
- Since 2018
- +$3.7M
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
Brian Schatz'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
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Caucuses & committees
Where Schatzsits 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.
Caucuses
- Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucusstrongly left · 77 members
Committees
- Senate Select Committee on Ethicscenter · 6 members
- Senate Committee on Appropriationscenter · 28 membersCommerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesDepartments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related AgenciesMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related AgenciesState, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Ranking Member)Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related AgenciesDepartment of Defense
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportationcenter · 28 members
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relationscenter · 22 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Schatz'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
Cruz blocks Senate Democrats’ bid to pass AI safety billA Democratic trio attempted to pass an artificial intelligence bill via a unanimous consent request on Tuesday but were blocked on the Senate floor. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) sought to pass their Artificial Intel…
Biztoc.com · September 29, 2026
MAGA senator gives shockingly pessimistic assessment of GOP’s 'last-ditch' survival blitzWith the Senate expected to go on an extended recess as early as Thursday, Republican leaders are staging a “last-ditch effort” to score legislative wins this week ahead of the midterms — though one GOP senator openly doubted it would make any difference with…
Raw Story · September 29, 2026
Collins decries Trump admin's 'problematic' Obamacare move as colleague says 'good start'WASHINGTON — Embattled Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins isn’t happy that Vice President JD Vance announced the Trump administration is booting close to 760,000 Americans off Obamacare exchanges about 40 days before this fall’s midterm elections. “Are yo…
Raw Story · September 23, 2026
A $3.2 Billion Showdown: Democrats say Trump is redirecting aid and letting millions expireDemocratic Sens. Patty Murray and Brian Schatz say the Trump administration plans to allow $725 million to reach the deadline without directing the money toward new projects. They also allege that the White House is redirecting another $2.5 billion, which Con…
The Times of India · September 23, 2026
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