118th Congress
Roll call 29
PN76
Judges & the courts

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Araceli Martinez-Olguin to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California.

February 28, 2023 · On the Cloture Motion

Fetterman voted: Did not vote

Senator John Fetterman did not vote on this measure. Fetterman did not cast a vote on this question. The final result was Cloture Motion Agreed to (48–47).

What kind of vote this was

This was a cloture vote — a vote on whether to end debate so the Senate can move to a final decision on the question. Approval required a simple majority.

What this vote was about

Araceli Martinez-Olguin, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	45	0
Republicans	0	47
Independents	3	0

In total, 95 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 1 vote. 5 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 45–0 and Republicans 0–47. Independents split 3–0. Fetterman was among the 5 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 29.

View the official record on Senate.gov

This vote in Fetterman’s record

This site groups the vote under Judges & the courts. Across 397 votes in that cluster, Fetterman voted Yea 208 times and Nay 94 times, and broke with the Democratic caucus majority on 8 of them (2%).

This is one of the 204 roll calls Fetterman has missed since January 2023, about 12.9% of all recorded votes.

Questions and answers

How did Fetterman vote on cloture for Araceli Martinez-Olguin to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California.?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture: Araceli Martinez-Olguin to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California. on February 28, 2023. The measure’s outcome was: Cloture Motion Agreed to.
Did Fetterman vote with his party on this?: Fetterman did not cast a vote on this question.