CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Senate Roll Call 130

119th Congress · Session 2 · May 20, 2026

The vote on whether to confirm a Presidential appointee

The Senate deciding whether a person the President chose gets the job — a judge, a cabinet secretary, an ambassador. Only the Senate does this; the House has no part in it.

What was being voted on

Nominee: Evan Rikhye, of the Virgin Islands, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands for a term of ten years

The Senate recorded this as
On the Nomination PN851-6
Result: Nomination Confirmed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 52Nay: 47Not Voting: 1100 members
PartyYeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat D04500
Independent I0200
Republican R52001
Official record
How each member voted (100)
52 yea, 47 nay, 1 not voting