Senate vote: Cloture motion // February 4, 2026

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri

Name: Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri
Creator: Spoken For

51 votes, representing 120,384,225 peopleof U.S. adults

47 votes, representing 143,673,955 peopleof U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 1.0% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the Senate. The winning side fell 4.8 points short of a majority of the country.
Side	Outcome	Votes	Share of U.S. adults
Yea	Won	51	45.2%
Nay	Lost	47	53.9%
Not represented on this question	No position taken	0	1.0%

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them