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Roger F. Wicker

RepublicanRoger F. Wicker

U.S. Senator · Mississippi

RepublicanFederal

U.S. Senator from Mississippi

9 tracked promises, 5 rated

Mississippi

Mississippi

Represents Mississippi statewide

90/100
Trust rating
Strongly keeps promises
90
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+79) to 0–100, aggregated from 5 rated promises. Never an opaque single score.
How this is calculated →

How they won their seat

Roger F. Wicker won the 2024 U.S. Senate election in Mississippi with 62.8% of the vote (763,420 votes).

62.8%
Win share
763,420
Votes for winner
1,215,401
Total cast
  • Roger F. Wicker · Republican62.8%
  • Ty Pinkins · Democrat37.2%

Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.

Inferred legislative agendas

Roger F. Wicker's record shows a significant focus on national defense and military readiness, as evidenced by his sponsorship of multiple National Defense Authorization Acts and his role as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Additionally, he has sponsored bills related to infrastructure, particularly flood control projects in Mississippi, and has engaged in resolutions recognizing various national observances. Focus areas (from the record): National Defense · Infrastructure · Flood Control · Military Readiness · Legislative Resolutions Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Wicker's sponsored bills and committee roles align with his declared positions on national defense and military spending. His sponsored bills related to Mississippi infrastructure projects correspond with tracked promises regarding flood control. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of his sponsored bills in achieving their intended outcomes; There is no information on his interactions with constituents or how they influence his legislative priorities; The absence of statements limits understanding of his public communication strategy and rationale behind his legislative actions. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Roger F. Wicker has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.

Showing 2011. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Activity in office

What Roger F. Wicker has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.

Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

13bills sponsored
13 awaiting status
05101520Bills2011: 13 awaiting status132011

Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.

Bill success rate

0%
0 of 0 sponsored bills became law

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$548K
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$250K$500K$750K$1M2026: raised $548K2026: spent $426K20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $31K (6%)Large individual (itemized): $217K (40%)40%PAC / committee: $290K (54%)54%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$31K6%
  • Large individual (itemized)$217K40%
  • PAC / committee$290K54%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Source: Congress.gov.

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+79 · based on 5 rated promises

  • Championed 4
  • Fully Kept 1

Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.

Integrity over time

In office since Jan 2019 · 5 rated promises

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Jul 202675
Jul 202675
Jul 202675
Jul 202680
Jul 202679
Jan 203179 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

5 tracked
  • Kept5
  • Against0
  • No opportunity0
  • In progress0
0246Jul 2026Jul 2026Jul 2026

Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.

Not yet scoredNot yet rated 4— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

9 promises across 8 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Mississippi Infrastructure / Flood Control2
  • Border Security / Immigration1
  • Defense Spending1
  • Missile Defense / Homeland Security1
  • National Defense1
  • National Defense / Navy Shipbuilding1
  • Pentagon Reform / Defense Acquisition1
  • Pentagon Reform / Defense Industrial Base1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)9100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
20
34
44
51

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

9 tracked promises

Championedhigh confidence

Push to grow the annual U.S. defense budget to five percent of Gross Domestic Product over time, the central target of his '21st Century Peace Through Strength' investment plan.

Defense SpendingSpecific · measurablePromised May 2024
SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archivedBreaking DefenseBreaking DefenseOffice of U.S. Senator Roger Wicker· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Roger Wicker· archived
Championedhigh confidence

As Armed Services Committee Chairman, continue implementing his '21st Century Peace Through Strength' agenda to carry out a generational rebuilding of the U.S. military.

National DefenseSpecific · measurablePromised Dec 2024
SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archivedU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archivedU.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services· archivedU.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services· archivedU.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Roger Wicker· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Roger Wicker· archived
Championedhigh confidence

Commit to building the U.S. Navy up to a 355-ship fleet, the goal of his signature SHIPS Act, which made a 355-ship Navy official U.S. policy.

National Defense / Navy ShipbuildingSpecific · measurablePromised Jun 2017
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (SASC Chairman)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Roger Wicker· archivedU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archivedU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Roger Wicker· archived
Fully Kepthigh confidence

Keep pushing federal agencies to finish the Yazoo Backwater Pumps flood-control project for the Mississippi South Delta.

Mississippi Infrastructure / Flood ControlPromised Jun 2024
SourcesMagnolia TribuneWLBTU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Roger Wicker· archived
Championedmedium confidence

Advance the Pearl River (One Lake) flood-control project toward breaking ground to protect the Jackson, Mississippi metro area from flooding.

Mississippi Infrastructure / Flood ControlPromised Oct 2022
SourcesSuperTalk MississippiWLBT 3 (Jackson, MS)U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pass his FORGED Act to overhaul Pentagon acquisition, described by him as the most extensive defense acquisition reform proposal in 40 years.

Pentagon Reform / Defense AcquisitionSpecific · measurablePromised Jun 2025
SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archivedU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Secure a $25 billion 'down payment' on the Golden Dome homeland missile-defense system through the defense reconciliation bill.

Missile Defense / Homeland SecuritySpecific · measurablePromised May 2025
SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Work with the Secretary of Defense to implement his Pentagon reforms and broaden the use of private capital in defense manufacturing during the 2026 phase of the military rebuild.

Pentagon Reform / Defense Industrial BasePromised Mar 2026
SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archivedU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Through his FINISH IT Act, secure unused government-owned border-wall materials so they are used to extend and complete the U.S.-Mexico border wall rather than sold off.

Border Security / ImmigrationPromised Aug 2025
SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived

Verified record

432 sponsored bills · finance on file

Facts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.

Campaign financeas of Dec 31, 2008

FEC 2026 cycle — raised $286,732, spent $828,009, cash on hand $0.

View the FEC filing ↗

Voting record

Total votes
890
Yea
632
Nay
226
Present
0
Not voting
32

Full voting record

890 votes
  • PN1078Yea
  • PN1078Yea
  • PN73011Yea
  • PN73011Yea
  • PN932Yea
  • PN932Yea
120 of 890
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Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Positions on record

11 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.

  • Pentagon Reform / Defense Industrial BaseStated position

    Work with the Secretary of Defense to implement his Pentagon reforms and broaden the use of private capital in defense manufacturing during the 2026 phase of the military rebuild.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Border Security / ImmigrationStated position

    Through his FINISH IT Act, secure unused government-owned border-wall materials so they are used to extend and complete the U.S.-Mexico border wall rather than sold off.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Pentagon Reform / Defense AcquisitionStated position

    Pass his FORGED Act to overhaul Pentagon acquisition, described by him as the most extensive defense acquisition reform proposal in 40 years.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Missile Defense / Homeland SecurityStated position

    Secure a $25 billion 'down payment' on the Golden Dome homeland missile-defense system through the defense reconciliation bill.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • National DefenseStated position

    As Armed Services Committee Chairman, continue implementing his '21st Century Peace Through Strength' agenda to carry out a generational rebuilding of the U.S. military.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archivedU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Defense SpendingStated position

    Push to grow the annual U.S. defense budget to five percent of Gross Domestic Product over time, the central target of his '21st Century Peace Through Strength' investment plan.

    SourcesBreaking DefenseU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote

    On record voting NAY on Paul Amendment No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to append the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act to the bill. The amendment was rejected 31 to 61, a three-fifths majority being required.

    SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 144, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Paul Amdt. No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 31 yeas to 61 nays with a three-fifths majority required, April 19, 2024.
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote

    On record voting NAY on Durbin Amendment No. 1841, as modified, to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to prohibit warrantless access to the communications and other information of United States persons. The amendment was rejected 42 to 50.

    SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 148, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Durbin Amdt. No. 1841 as Modified to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 42 yeas to 50 nays, April 19, 2024.
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position

    Cosponsored S. 3351 (118th Congress), FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023, joining as a cosponsor of record on 2023-11-28. Recorded in the Congress.gov bill status record published by GovInfo.

    SourcesGovInfo BILLSTATUS record for S. 3351, 118th Congress — FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023
    View position & sources
  • Mississippi Infrastructure / Flood ControlStated position

    Keep pushing federal agencies to finish the Yazoo Backwater Pumps flood-control project for the Mississippi South Delta.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • National Defense / Navy ShipbuildingStated position

    Commit to building the U.S. Navy up to a 355-ship fleet, the goal of his signature SHIPS Act, which made a 355-ship Navy official U.S. policy.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archivedU.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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