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Chris Van Hollen

Democrat. Maryland’s Senate seat, on the ballot November 7, 2028.

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Age on Election Day 2028
69
On November 7, 2028. Born January 10, 1959.
Lean
D+15
Statewide, 2025 Cook PVI.
In the Senate since
2017
Took office January 3, 2017.7
Approval
52%
27% disapprove. Morning Consult.3

Overview

Cash on hand
$3,641,970
Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report13

Last election
65.8%
Share of the vote.12

The state in 2024
Harris won Maryland in 2024.
Earlier offices
  • U.S. House, MD-8, 2003 to 2017
  • Maryland State Senate, 1995 to 2003
  • Maryland House of Delegates, 1991 to 1995
  • Chair, DSCC, 2017 to 2019; Chair, DCCC, 2007 to 2011
2028 plans
Says he is ‘kicking the tires’ on a 2028 presidential bid (also told NOTUS in June 2026 after Iowa and New Hampshire visits). Source: NBC News (opens in a new tab), August 23, 2026.

Lean is the state’s 2025 Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI): R+5 to R+9 is lean Republican, R+10 and up solidly Republican, and D+ leans Democratic. Approval is the latest published Morning Consult rating, from its quarterly survey of registered voters in each state. Last election is the share of the vote the senator won. Cash on hand is the campaign’s money at the end of the reporting period named.

Sources (7)
  1. 1Chris Van Hollen, official page Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22025 Cook PVI, state list (Cook Political Report), checked against the 2020 and 2024 presidential results Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Morning Consult, approval, April 1 to June 30, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4NBC News, August 23, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5Senate committee assignments, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Senate leadership, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7Senators by date of first service, senate.gov Open the source (opens in a new tab)

In the Senate

In the Senate since
January 3, 2017
Leadership posts
No leadership post
Committees
  • Appropriations
  • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  • Foreign Relations
  • Budget

A gold mark names a leadership post. The posts and committees are the 119th Congress’s, as senate.gov lists them: a chair led a full committee for the majority, a ranking member was the senior member of the minority on it. The 120th Congress, which Democrats control, names its own in January 2027.

The filibuster

The senator’s own public position, from a recorded vote or a dated statement. A talking filibuster requires senators to hold the floor to block a vote.

Ending the legislative filibuster

Supports

“It’s time to end or amend the current Senate rule that allows 41 of the 100 senators to block votes on bills of vital importance to the country.”

Sen. Chris Van Hollen official website, Voting Rights issue page (opens in a new tab).

A talking filibuster

Supports

Voted for the January 19, 2022 rules change that would have required a talking filibuster on the voting-rights bill.

Senate roll call vote (opens in a new tab), January 19, 2022.

Sources (2)
  1. 8Sen. Chris Van Hollen official website, Voting Rights issue page Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 9Senate roll call vote, January 19, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

The state’s other seat

Maryland’s other Senate seat is not on the 2028 ballot.

Senator
Angela D. Alsobrooks (opens in a new tab)
Party
Democrat
Next on the ballot
2030The current term ends January 3, 2031.

The two seats are on different ballots: this one in 2028, the other in 2030. From the 120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py (opens in a new tab) dataset, retrieved November 5, 2026.

Sources (2)
  1. 10Angela D. Alsobrooks’s official site Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 11120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py dataset Retrieved November 5, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Election history

2022 election
Won with 65.8% of the voteOfficial results (opens in a new tab)
2028
Six-year term. The seat is on the ballot November 7, 2028.
Sources (1)
  1. 12Official results, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Financial records

Cash on hand
$3,641,970

Reported to
Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report (opens in a new tab)

Cash on hand from the latest Federal Election Commission filing of the senator’s campaign committee.

Sources (1)
  1. 13Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Scorecards

Heritage Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
7
Club for Growth (opens in a new tab) lifetime
7
Turning Point Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
4
GOP Platform (opens in a new tab) 2025
6
The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.

Progressive scorecards, out of 100

League of Conservation Voters (opens in a new tab) lifetime
98
Progressive Punch (opens in a new tab) lifetime, all votes
97
The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.
Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) (opens in a new tab) 119th Congress, 10 measures
100

Mirrored for every senator of either party: the League of Conservation Voters’ lifetime score, read from the senator’s page; Progressive Punch’s lifetime score on all votes, read from its Senate table; and Democracy Defenders Action’s Stop Corruption Now score for the 119th Congress (September 16, 2026), its total on 10 anti-corruption and pro-democracy votes and cosponsorships, shown out of 100. No score means none was published.

Each out of 100, as the group publishes it: Heritage Action and Turning Point Action (the senator’s lifetime scores), Club for Growth (the senator’s lifetime rating) and GOP Platform (2025), which measures agreement with the national Republican Party platform and is published by the Institute for Legislative Analysis.

“No score published” means the group published none, not zero.

How to read this

Each group’s name links to the senator’s own page on its scorecard, or to the scorecard’s list for the state where the line under it says so, opened on the date shown.

Sources (7)
  1. 14Heritage Action scorecard, Chris Van Hollen’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 15Club for Growth scorecard, Chris Van Hollen’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 16Turning Point Action scorecard, Chris Van Hollen’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 17GOP Platform scorecard, list for Maryland (Chris Van Hollen’s own page is not available) Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 18League of Conservation Voters scorecard, Chris Van Hollen’s page Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 19Progressive Punch scorecard, list for Maryland (Chris Van Hollen’s own page is not available) Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 20Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) scorecard, Chris Van Hollen’s page Retrieved October 31, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Endorsements

Mirrored for Democrats: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Justice Democrats, the Working Families Party, the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC and the Democratic Socialists of America, as Republicans are checked against Donald Trump, Club for Growth, Turning Point Action and MAHA PAC.

2028 race so far

None on record: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Justice Democrats, Working Families Party, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Democratic Socialists of America.

Sources: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 (opens in a new tab); FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 (opens in a new tab); FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC (opens in a new tab); Justice Democrats, candidates (opens in a new tab); Working Families Party, ‘Our 2026 Candidates’ (opens in a new tab); FEC independent expenditures, 2026 (opens in a new tab); Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, endorsements (opens in a new tab); Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements (opens in a new tab).

2022 race

Endorsed: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

None on record: Justice Democrats, Working Families Party, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, Democratic Socialists of America.

Sources: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (IMPACT C00348607, Schumer’s leadership PAC) (opens in a new tab); FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC (opens in a new tab); ProPublica Itemizer: IMPACT, ‘Leadership PAC - Schumer, Charles’ (opens in a new tab); Justice Democrats, candidates (opens in a new tab); Working Families Party, ‘Memo: The Gravity of the 2022 Midterms’ (Nov. 7, 2022) (opens in a new tab); FEC independent expenditures, 2022 (opens in a new tab); Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, 2022 archive (opens in a new tab); Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, November 2022 results release (opens in a new tab); Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements (opens in a new tab).

Endorsed: the group endorsed the officeholder in that race. None on record: no endorsement found in the sources listed.

Sources (14)
  1. 21Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 23Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 24Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Justice Democrats, candidates Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 25Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Working Families Party, ‘Our 2026 Candidates’ Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 26Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC independent expenditures, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 27Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, endorsements Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  8. 28Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  9. 29Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (IMPACT C00348607, Schumer’s leadership PAC) Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  10. 30Endorsements, 2022 race: ProPublica Itemizer: IMPACT, ‘Leadership PAC - Schumer, Charles’ Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  11. 31Endorsements, 2022 race: Working Families Party, ‘Memo: The Gravity of the 2022 Midterms’ (Nov. 7, 2022) Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  12. 32Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC independent expenditures, 2022 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  13. 33Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, 2022 archive Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  14. 34Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, November 2022 results release Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Each section lists its own sources, numbered through the page. Here they are together.

All sources for this record (34)

Overview

  1. 1Chris Van Hollen, official page (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22025 Cook PVI, state list (Cook Political Report), checked against the 2020 and 2024 presidential results (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Morning Consult, approval, April 1 to June 30, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4NBC News, August 23, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5Senate committee assignments, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Senate leadership, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7Senators by date of first service, senate.gov (opens in a new tab)

The filibuster

  1. 8Sen. Chris Van Hollen official website, Voting Rights issue page (opens in a new tab)
  2. 9Senate roll call vote, January 19, 2022 (opens in a new tab)

The state’s other seat

  1. 10Angela D. Alsobrooks’s official site (opens in a new tab)
  2. 11120th Congress Senate roster: holdover senators from congress-legislators (retrieved 2026-10-03) and the November 3, 2026 winners called by NBC News and the Associated Press, merged by scripts/build_120th.py dataset (opens in a new tab) Retrieved November 5, 2026.

Election history

  1. 12Official results, 2022 (opens in a new tab)

Financial records

  1. 13Federal Election Commission, October quarterly report (opens in a new tab)

Scorecards

  1. 14Heritage Action scorecard, Chris Van Hollen’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  2. 15Club for Growth scorecard, Chris Van Hollen’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  3. 16Turning Point Action scorecard, Chris Van Hollen’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  4. 17GOP Platform scorecard, list for Maryland (Chris Van Hollen’s own page is not available) (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  5. 18League of Conservation Voters scorecard, Chris Van Hollen’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.
  6. 19Progressive Punch scorecard, list for Maryland (Chris Van Hollen’s own page is not available) (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.
  7. 20Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) scorecard, Chris Van Hollen’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 31, 2026.

Endorsements

  1. 21Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2023-24 (opens in a new tab)
  2. 22Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2025-26 (opens in a new tab)
  3. 23Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC: IMPACT, leadership PAC (opens in a new tab)
  4. 24Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Justice Democrats, candidates (opens in a new tab)
  5. 25Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Working Families Party, ‘Our 2026 Candidates’ (opens in a new tab)
  6. 26Endorsements, 2028 race so far: FEC independent expenditures, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  7. 27Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, endorsements (opens in a new tab)
  8. 28Endorsements, 2028 race so far: Democratic Socialists of America, national endorsements (opens in a new tab)
  9. 29Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC bulk data, committee contributions to candidates, 2021-22 (IMPACT C00348607, Schumer’s leadership PAC) (opens in a new tab)
  10. 30Endorsements, 2022 race: ProPublica Itemizer: IMPACT, ‘Leadership PAC - Schumer, Charles’ (opens in a new tab)
  11. 31Endorsements, 2022 race: Working Families Party, ‘Memo: The Gravity of the 2022 Midterms’ (Nov. 7, 2022) (opens in a new tab)
  12. 32Endorsements, 2022 race: FEC independent expenditures, 2022 (opens in a new tab)
  13. 33Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, 2022 archive (opens in a new tab)
  14. 34Endorsements, 2022 race: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, November 2022 results release (opens in a new tab)

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