OutSpent™

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 · AZ95 A
  7. 7Adam SchiffDemocrat · CA92 A
  8. 8Ruben GallegoDemocrat · AZ90 A
  9. 9Tammy BaldwinDemocrat · WI88 A
  10. 10Elissa SlotkinDemocrat · MI87 A
  11. 11Angela AlsobrooksDemocrat · MD85 A
  12. 12Christopher MurphyDemocrat · CT85 A
  13. 13John HickenlooperDemocrat · CO84 A
  14. 14Tammy DuckworthDemocrat · IL83 A
  15. 15Andy KimDemocrat · NJ83 A
  16. 16Jeff MerkleyDemocrat · OR82 A
  17. 17Cory BookerDemocrat · NJ81 A
  18. 18Maria CantwellDemocrat · WA81 A
  19. 19Catherine Cortez MastoDemocrat · NV79 B
  20. 20Rand PaulRepublican · KY78 B
  21. 21Jacky RosenDemocrat · NV78 B
  22. 22Tina SmithDemocrat · MN77 B
  23. 23Edward MarkeyDemocrat · MA76 B
  24. 24Maggie HassanDemocrat · NH75 B
  25. 25Ted CruzRepublican · TX74 B
  26. 26Josh HawleyRepublican · MO74 B
  27. 27John KennedyRepublican · LA73 B
  28. 28Amy KlobucharDemocrat · MN73 B
  29. 29Kirsten GillibrandDemocrat · NY71 B
  30. 30Tim SheehyRepublican · MT70 B
  31. 31Gary PetersDemocrat · MI69 B
  32. 32Tim ScottRepublican · SC69 B
  33. 33Jeanne ShaheenDemocrat · NH69 B
  34. 34Ben LujanDemocrat · NM68 B
  35. 35Lisa Blunt RochesterDemocrat · DE67 B
  36. 36Peter WelchDemocrat · VT67 B
  37. 37Timothy KaineDemocrat · VA65 B
  38. 38Michael BennetDemocrat · CO64 C
  39. 39Ron JohnsonRepublican · WI64 C
  40. 40Alex PadillaDemocrat · CA64 C
  41. 41Lindsey GrahamRepublican · SC63 C
  42. 42Mazie HironoDemocrat · HI63 C
  43. 43Richard BlumenthalDemocrat · CT62 C
  44. 44David McCormickRepublican · PA62 C
  45. 45Bernie MorenoRepublican · OH62 C
  46. 46Tommy TubervilleRepublican · AL62 C
  47. 47Rick ScottRepublican · FL61 C
  48. 48Chris Van HollenDemocrat · MD61 C
  49. 49Sheldon WhitehouseDemocrat · RI61 C
  50. 50Ted BuddRepublican · NC60 C
  51. 51Angus KingIndependent · ME60 C
  52. 52Mike LeeRepublican · UT59 C
  53. 53Joni ErnstRepublican · IA58 C
  54. 54Martin HeinrichDemocrat · NM57 C
  55. 55Eric SchmittRepublican · MO57 C
  56. 56Jon HustedRepublican · OH55 C
  57. 57Jim BanksRepublican · IN54 C
  58. 58Patty MurrayDemocrat · WA54 C
  59. 59Steve DainesRepublican · MT53 C
  60. 60James JusticeRepublican · WV53 C
  61. 61Ashley MoodyRepublican · FL53 C
  62. 62Pete RickettsRepublican · NE53 C
  63. 63Katie BrittRepublican · AL51 C
  64. 64Bill HagertyRepublican · TN51 C
  65. 65Brian SchatzDemocrat · HI51 C
  66. 66Richard DurbinDemocrat · IL50 C
  67. 67Mark WarnerDemocrat · VA50 C
  68. 68Ron WydenDemocrat · OR48 D
  69. 69James RischRepublican · ID47 D
  70. 70Cindy Hyde-SmithRepublican · MS46 D
  71. 71Kevin CramerRepublican · ND45 D
  72. 72Marsha BlackburnRepublican · TN44 D
  73. 73James LankfordRepublican · OK44 D
  74. 74Roger MarshallRepublican · KS44 D
  75. 75Susan CollinsRepublican · ME43 D
  76. 76Christopher CoonsDemocrat · DE43 D
  77. 77Dan SullivanRepublican · AK43 D
  78. 78Cynthia LummisRepublican · WY42 D
  79. 79Thomas TillisRepublican · NC42 D
  80. 80John ReedDemocrat · RI40 D
  81. 81Todd YoungRepublican · IN40 D
  82. 82Bill CassidyRepublican · LA39 D
  83. 83Tom CottonRepublican · AR39 D
  84. 84John CurtisRepublican · UT39 D
  85. 85Charles SchumerDemocrat · NY37 D
  86. 86Deb FischerRepublican · NE35 D
  87. 87John HoevenRepublican · ND34 F
  88. 88Mike RoundsRepublican · SD31 F
  89. 89Shelley CapitoRepublican · WV30 F
  90. 90Mitch McConnellRepublican · KY30 F
  91. 91Lisa MurkowskiRepublican · AK29 F
  92. 92Chuck GrassleyRepublican · IA28 F
  93. 93John BoozmanRepublican · AR27 F
  94. 94Jerry MoranRepublican · KS27 F
  95. 95Roger WickerRepublican · MS27 F
  96. 96John CornynRepublican · TX26 F
  97. 97John BarrassoRepublican · WY19 F
  98. 98John ThuneRepublican · SD19 F
  99. 99Mike CrapoRepublican · ID6 F

Newly seated, no record to grade yet

Alan ArmstrongRepublican · OKNewly seated

Higher is better. It means a senator leans on small donors over PACs, runs less money through a leadership PAC, and tends to vote against concentrated money. Source: FEC receipts, leadership-PAC filings, and Senate roll calls. Nothing here alleges a crime; the point is that it's all legal.