U.S. Senate · 117th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 68
On the Nomination
Confirmation: Miguel A. Cardona, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education
Nomination Confirmed · 64 Yea, 33 Nay
- Held
- March 1, 2021, 5:36 PM EST
- Vote type
- Final passage
- Party-unity vote
- Yes (most Democrats and most Republicans voted opposite ways)
- Official record
- www.senate.gov
How each party voted
Members are shown in the party they belonged to on the day of the vote, as the official record lists them. In our statistics, independents are counted with the party they caucus with.
| Vote | Republican | Democrat | Independent | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 14 | 48 | 2 | 64 |
| Nay | 33 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Not voting | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Members | 50 | 48 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (64)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Richard Burr (R-NC)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
- Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
- Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Joe Manchin, III (D-WV)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Nay (33)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Ben Sasse (R-NE)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Not voting (3)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)