July 20, 2026Methodology v2.2 · Data: BLS, 20102025
Political Grades
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CongressMaryland

Angela D. Alsobrooks

U.S. Senator, Maryland · Democratic · in office since Jan. 3, 2025

Angela D. Alsobrooks
U.S. Senator · Maryland · Democratic · in the Senate since Jan. 2025
Chamber
Senate
not yet gradeable
Maryland outcomes over their Senate service
CategoryLatestScore vs. peers
Education scale score268.224Too early
Air quality AQI4024Too early
Water quality % of community systems2.125Too early
Unemployment %425Too early
Health coverage % of adults 18-649.524Too early
Tax burden % of personal income6.224Too early
Energy cost cents/kWh17.924Too early
Cost of living index, US=100105.024Too early
Crime deaths per 100,000924Too early
Teen births per 1,000 females 15-1910.324Too early
Wellbeing mean days of past 304.624Too early
Obesity % of adults32.724Too early
Early literacy % of 4th graders40.824Too early
Gun deaths deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted)11.624Too early
Food-aid access index (higher = easier access)0.923Too early
Jobless-benefit access % of unemployed receiving UI22.924Too early
Their own recordValue
Legislative effectiveness LES · chamber avg = 1.0Data pending
Missed votes1.6%
Ideology 0 = left · 1 = right (GovTrack)0.32
Promises keptIn human review

A senator’s constituency is the whole state, so they are scored on the same verified state outcomes as the governor — ranked against other senators — alongside their own legislative record. Influence is shared with 99 colleagues and the governor; the score shows relative movement, not sole credit. Methodology v2.2

Federal spending during Alsobrooks’s current term

Total U.S. federal outlays for each fiscal year of Alsobrooks’s current term. This is the whole federal budget — mostly Social Security, Medicare, defense, interest on the debt, and prior commitments — not money Alsobrooks personally directed. A president proposes and Congress appropriates; no single official controls it.

FY25
$7.01T−$1.77T deficit

Source: OMB Historical Tables, Table 1.1 (Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits: 1789-present) · figures. Nominal dollars, by fiscal year (Oct–Sep).

How Alsobrooks is graded

A senator’s constituency is the whole state, so Alsobrooks is graded on the same verified state outcomes as the governor — measured as the change on their watch versus the other 49 states, capped because influence is shared with 99 colleagues, the governor and a world economy — blended with what they personally control: how effectively they move legislation and how they vote. Every part decomposes on the card above, and the “measured” figure says how much of the grade is real versus still reserved.

Legislative Effectiveness Scores come from the Center for Effective Lawmaking, which benchmarks each chamber’s average to 1.0. Voting statistics come from GovTrack. The Honesty ledger — promises matched against this member’s votes — publishes only with an evidence trail and two agreeing human reviews.