Thursday, August 6, 2009

Full List of GOP Senators and their (Non)Support of Sotomayor

As noted in the previous post, there are nine GOP Senators who have publicly voiced support, with Senator Voinovich (OH) being the last Republican to break their silence on the issue. Also noted was the curious position of many Republican Senators from states with high Hispanic populations and the anticipated backlash from Hispanic voters. It has been well-known that Sotomayor would be confirmed, but is the GOP's confrontational stance in the face of certain confirmation worth it? A strategic Senator would cut their losses and seek to save face for future elections . . .

Below is the complete list via Capitol Briefing:

TOTALS
GOP: 40
Out For: 9
Out Against: 31

Republicans Supporting Sotomayor
• Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.)*
• Sen. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.)
• Sen. Christopher Bond (Mo.)
• Sen. Susan Collins (Maine)
• Sen. Olympia
Snowe (Maine)
• Sen. Richard
Lugar (Ind.)
• Sen. Mel Martinez (Fla.)
• Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.)
• Sen. George V.
Voinovich (Ohio)

Republicans Opposing Sotomayor
• Sen. Jeff Sessions (Ala.)*
• Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah)*
• Sen. Charles
Grassley (Iowa)*
• Sen. Jon
Kyl (Ariz.)*
• Sen. John
Cornyn (Texas)*
• Sen. Tom
Coburn (Okla.)*
• Sen. John
Barrasso (Wyo.)
• Sen. Robert Bennett (Utah)
• Sen. Sam
Brownback (Kan.)
• Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.)
• Sen. Jim
Bunning (Ky.)
• Sen.
Saxby Chambliss (Ga.)
• Sen. Thad Cochran (Miss.)
• Sen. Bob Corker (Tenn.)
• Sen. Mike
Crapo (Idaho)
• Sen. Jim
DeMint (S.C.)
• Sen. John Ensign (Nev.)
• Sen. Mike
Enzi (Wyo.)
• Sen. Kay Bailey
Hutchison (Tex.)
• Sen. James
Inhofe (Okla.)
• Sen. Johnny
Isakson (Ga.)
• Sen. Mike
Johanns (Neb.)
• Sen. John McCain (Ariz.)
• Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.)
• Sen. James
Risch (Idaho)
• Sen. Pat Roberts (Kan.)
• Sen. Richard Shelby (Ala.)
• Sen. John
Thune (S.D.)
• Sen. David
Vitter (La.)
• Sen. Roger Wicker (Miss.)
• Sen. Lisa
Murkowski (Alaska)

* Member of Judiciary Committee

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