The Senators

Who's independent of the money?

All 100 senators, ranked by Independence Score, which measures how free they are from concentrated money. Graded on money behavior, not party. Tap any name for the full record: the industries funding them and how they voted when the money was on the line.

1. 1Bernie SandersIndependent · VT99 A
2. 2Elizabeth WarrenDemocrat · MA99 A
3. 3John FettermanDemocrat · PA98 A
4. 4Jon OssoffDemocrat · GA98 A
5. 5Raphael WarnockDemocrat · GA97 A
6. 6Mark KellyDemocrat · AZ96 A
7. 7Rand PaulRepublican · KY90 A
8. 8Adam SchiffDemocrat · CA90 A
9. 9Elissa SlotkinDemocrat · MI89 A
10. 10Ruben GallegoDemocrat · AZ88 A
11. 11Tammy BaldwinDemocrat · WI86 A
12. 12Ted CruzRepublican · TX86 A
13. 13John HickenlooperDemocrat · CO84 A
14. 14Josh HawleyRepublican · MO83 A
15. 15John KennedyRepublican · LA83 A
16. 16Christopher MurphyDemocrat · CT83 A
17. 17Angela AlsobrooksDemocrat · MD82 A
18. 18Tim SheehyRepublican · MT82 A
19. 19Tim ScottRepublican · SC81 A
20. 20Tammy DuckworthDemocrat · IL80 A
21. 21Cory BookerDemocrat · NJ79 B
22. 22Maria CantwellDemocrat · WA79 B
23. 23Andy KimDemocrat · NJ79 B
24. 24Jeff MerkleyDemocrat · OR78 B
25. 25Catherine Cortez MastoDemocrat · NV75 B
26. 26Ron JohnsonRepublican · WI75 B
27. 27Jacky RosenDemocrat · NV75 B
28. 28Lindsey GrahamRepublican · SC73 B
29. 29David McCormickRepublican · PA73 B
30. 30Bernie MorenoRepublican · OH73 B
31. 31Tina SmithDemocrat · MN73 B
32. 32Tommy TubervilleRepublican · AL73 B
33. 33Edward MarkeyDemocrat · MA72 B
34. 34Ted BuddRepublican · NC71 B
35. 35Maggie HassanDemocrat · NH71 B
36. 36Rick ScottRepublican · FL71 B
37. 37Joni ErnstRepublican · IA69 B
38. 38Mike LeeRepublican · UT69 B
39. 39Amy KlobucharDemocrat · MN68 B
40. 40Kirsten GillibrandDemocrat · NY67 B
41. 41Eric SchmittRepublican · MO67 B
42. 42Gary PetersDemocrat · MI65 B
43. 43Jeanne ShaheenDemocrat · NH65 B
44. 44Jim BanksRepublican · IN64 C
45. 45Jon HustedRepublican · OH64 C
46. 46Ben LujanDemocrat · NM64 C
47. 47James JusticeRepublican · WV63 C
48. 48Pete RickettsRepublican · NE63 C
49. 49Lisa Blunt RochesterDemocrat · DE62 C
50. 50Steve DainesRepublican · MT62 C
51. 51Ashley MoodyRepublican · FL62 C
52. 52Peter WelchDemocrat · VT61 C
53. 53Michael BennetDemocrat · CO60 C
54. 54Katie BrittRepublican · AL60 C
55. 55Bill HagertyRepublican · TN60 C
56. 56Timothy KaineDemocrat · VA60 C
57. 57Alex PadillaDemocrat · CA58 C
58. 58Mazie HironoDemocrat · HI56 C
59. 59Richard BlumenthalDemocrat · CT55 C
60. 60Cindy Hyde-SmithRepublican · MS55 C
61. 61Angus KingIndependent · ME55 C
62. 62James RischRepublican · ID55 C
63. 63Chris Van HollenDemocrat · MD54 C
64. 64Sheldon WhitehouseDemocrat · RI54 C
65. 65Kevin CramerRepublican · ND53 C
66. 66Marsha BlackburnRepublican · TN52 C
67. 67James LankfordRepublican · OK52 C
68. 68Roger MarshallRepublican · KS51 C
69. 69Dan SullivanRepublican · AK51 C
70. 70Martin HeinrichDemocrat · NM50 C
71. 71Cynthia LummisRepublican · WY49 D
72. 72Thomas TillisRepublican · NC49 D
73. 73Susan CollinsRepublican · ME47 D
74. 74Patty MurrayDemocrat · WA47 D
75. 75Todd YoungRepublican · IN47 D
76. 76Bill CassidyRepublican · LA46 D
77. 77Tom CottonRepublican · AR46 D
78. 78John CurtisRepublican · UT46 D
79. 79Mark WarnerDemocrat · VA44 D
80. 80Brian SchatzDemocrat · HI43 D
81. 81Richard DurbinDemocrat · IL42 D
82. 82Deb FischerRepublican · NE41 D
83. 83John HoevenRepublican · ND40 D
84. 84Ron WydenDemocrat · OR40 D
85. 85Shelley CapitoRepublican · WV36 D
86. 86Mitch McConnellRepublican · KY36 D
87. 87Mike RoundsRepublican · SD36 D
88. 88Christopher CoonsDemocrat · DE35 D
89. 89Chuck GrassleyRepublican · IA33 F
90. 90Lisa MurkowskiRepublican · AK33 F
91. 91John BoozmanRepublican · AR31 F
92. 92Jerry MoranRepublican · KS31 F
93. 93Roger WickerRepublican · MS31 F
94. 94John CornynRepublican · TX30 F
95. 95John ReedDemocrat · RI30 F
96. 96Charles SchumerDemocrat · NY28 F
97. 97John BarrassoRepublican · WY22 F
98. 98John ThuneRepublican · SD22 F
99. 99Mike CrapoRepublican · ID8 F

Higher is better. It means a senator's money comes more from small donors than from PACs and concentrated interests. Source: FEC receipts and leadership-PAC filings. Nothing here alleges a crime; the point is that it's all legal.