Sylvia Santana

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187 roll-call votes on record - 161 yes, 26 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Michigan Dems’ vote-by-phone convention results in ‘material errors’ — including 200 ineligible…” (NY Post Politics, May 5, 2026). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Senator, District 2 (Michigan) since Jan 2023. github.com ↗

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The record

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187

Roll-call votes on record.

187 votes · 161 yes · 26 no. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Oct 14, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

Health Occupations5 votes · yes on 3, no on 2

Health4 votes · yes on 3, no on 1

Appropriations3 votes · yes on 2, no on 1

State: Interstate Compacts and Agreements3 votes · yes on 1, no on 2

Consumer Protection3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESVehicles: title; requirements for transfer of title by a dealer; provide for.HB 5356 · Oct 14, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 91% of Michigan Senate members

Details

Score−1.48 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.26 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−1.22)

Compared with161 members of Michigan Senate members (1996–2022)

Covers2017–2022

● This person Democrats (63) Republicans (98)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 62% of 2022 Michigan Senate candidates

Details

Score−0.58 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.29 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.87)

Compared with105 members of 2022 Michigan Senate candidates

Covers2016–2022

● This person Democrats (49) Republicans (56)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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