Now that members are beginning to announce their votes we can start tracking the total votes. The current count of yes and no votes are as follows, the remainder being undecided. Obviously we can assume most or all Democrats will vote yes but until they announce I won’t list them.
We’ve also got a pool going in the replies. Feel free to chime in.
YES: 22 votes (16D, 6R)
NO: 24 votes (all R)
Democrats are currently 16-0 on the nomination (trending for 60-0)
Republicans are currently 6-24 on the nomination (trending for 8-32)
Assuming these margins more or less stand up then we’d have a 68-32 vote in support.
Just for reference on the two Bush nominees the votes were as follows:
Alito: Republicans were 54-1 in favor, Democrats were 4-41 against.
Roberts: Republicans were 55-0 in favor, Democrats were split 22-22.
So it looks like the GOP will come about in between those two standards.
By contrast, on the two Clinton nominees, the GOP voted heavily in favor (40-3 and 34-9)
Sad the way things have shifted.
Here is a list by state of members, listed as Yes, No or blank for those who have not announced.
Alabama
Richard Shelby (R): No
Jeff Sessions (R): No
Alaska
Lisa Murkowski (R):
Mark Begich (D):
Arizona
John McCain (R):
John Kyl (R): No
Arkansas
Blanche Lincoln (D):
Mark Pryor (D):
California
Dianne Feinstein (D): Yes
Barbara Boxer (D):
Colorado
Mark Udall (D): Yes
Michael Bennett (D):
Connecticut
Christopher Dodd (D):
Joe Lieberman (ID):
Delaware
Tom Carper (D):
Ted Kauffman (D): Yes
Florida
Bill Nelson (D):
Mel Martinez (R): Yes
Georgia:
Saxby Chambliss (R):
Johnny Isakson (R):
Hawaii
Daniel Inouye (D):
Daniel Akaka (D):
Idaho
Mike Crapo (R): No
Jim Risch (R): No
Illinois
Dick Durbin (D): Yes
Roland Burris (D):
Indiana
Richard Lugar (R): Yes
Evan Bayh (D):
Iowa
Charles Grassley (R): No
Tom Harkin (D):
Kansas
Sam Brownback (R): No
Pat Roberts (R): No
Kentucky
Mitch McConnell (R): No
Jim Bunning (R): No
Louisiana
Mary Landrieu (D):
David Vitter (R): No
Maine
Olympia Snowe (R): Yes
Susan Collins (R): Yes
Maryland
Barbara Mikulski (D):
Ben Cardin (D): Yes
Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy (D):
John Kerry (D):
Michigan
Carl Levin (D);
Debbie Stabenow (D):
Minnesota
Amy Klobuchar (D): Yes
Al Franken (D): Yes
Mississippi
Thad Cochran (R): No
Roger Wicker (R): No
Missouri
Kit Bond (R):
Claire McCaskill (D):
Montana
Max Baucus (D):
Jon Tester (D):
Nebraska
Ben Nelson (D):
Mike Johanns (R): No
Nevada
Harry Reid (D): Yes
John Ensign (R):
New Hampshire
Judd Gregg (R):
Jeanne Shaheen (D):
New Jersey
Frank Lautenberg (D):
Bob Menendez (D):
New Mexico
Jeff Bingaman (D):
Tom Udall (D):
New York
Chuck Schumer (D):
Kristen Gilibrand (D):
North Carolina
Richard Burr (R): No
Kay Hagan (D):
North Dakota
Kent Conrad (D):
Byron Dorgan (D):
Ohio
George Voinovich (R):
Sherrod Brown (D): Yes
Oklahoma
Jim Inhofe (R): No
Tom Coburn (R): No
Oregon
Ron Wyden (D):
Jeff Merkley (D):
Pennsylvania
Arlen Specter (D): Yes
Bob Casey (D):
Rhode Island
Jack Reed (D):
Sheldon Whitehouse (D): Yes
South Carolina
Lindsey Graham (R): Yes
Jim DeMint (R): No
South Dakota
Tim Johnson (D): Yes
John Thune (R): No
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander (R): Yes
Bob Corker (R): No
Texas
Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R): No
John Cornyn (R): No
Utah
Orrin Hatch (R): No
Robert Bennett (R): No
Vermont
Patrick Leahy (D): Yes
Bernie Sanders (ID):
Virginia
Jim Webb (D):
Mark Warner (D): Yes
Washington
Patty Murray (D):
Maria Cantwell (D):
West Virginia
Robert Byrd (D):
Jay Rockefeller (D):
Wisconsin
Herb Kohl (D): Yes
Russ Feingold (D): Yes
Wyoming
Mike Enzi (R):
John Barrasso (R):