From the WSJ Opinion Archives
YEAS AND NAYS
The Tally
How senators voted on Justice Alito.
| Yes (58) | No (42) |
| Ben Nelson (Neb.) | Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) |
| Kent Conrad (N.D.) | Mark Pryor (Ark.) |
| Tim Johnson (S.D.) | Barbara Boxer (Calif.) |
| Robert Byrd (W.Va.) | Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) |
| 54 Republicans | Ken Salazar (Colo.) |
| Chris Dodd (Conn.) | |
| Joe Lieberman (Conn.) | |
| Joe Biden (Del.) | |
| Tom Carper (Del.) | |
| Bill Nelson (Fla.) | |
| Daniel Akaka (Hawaii) | |
| Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) | |
| Dick Durbin (Ill.) | |
| Barack Obama (Ill.) | |
| Evan Bayh (Ind.) | |
| Tom Harkin (Iowa) | |
| Mary Landrieu (La.) | |
| Barbara Mikulski (Md.) | |
| Paul Sarbanes (Md.) | |
| Ted Kennedy (Mass.) | |
| John Kerry (Mass.) | |
| Carl Levin (Mich.) | |
| Debbie Stabenow (Mich.) | |
| Mark Dayton (Minn.) | |
| Max Baucus (Mont.) | |
| Harry Reid (Nev.) | |
| Frank Lautenberg (N.J.) | |
| Bob Menendez (N.J.) | |
| Jeff Bingaman (N.M.) | |
| Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) | |
| Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) | |
| Byron Dorgan (N.D.) | |
| Ron Wyden (Ore.) | |
| Lincoln Chafee (R.I.) | |
| Jack Reed (R.I.) | |
| Jim Jeffords (Vt.) | |
| Pat Leahy (Vt.) | |
| Maria Cantwell (Wash.) | |
| Patty Murray (Wash.) | |
| Russ Feingold (Wis.) | |
| Herb Kohl (Wis.) | |
| Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.) |
Note: Senators' names are color-coded according to their state's vote in the 2004 presidential election. Senators who voted for Chief Justice John Roberts are listed in italics. All other Democrats voted against Roberts except Menendez, who was not yet in the Senate. Republicans are in bold.
