SCORECARD · ROGER WICKER in office since 2025-01-03

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Republican U.S. Senate · MS full conduct profile →
91/100
CRITICAL CAPTURE-RISK INDEX
How this number is built ↓
Silence risk25%
85
Contradiction risk25%
95
Connection density20%
91
Donor influence10%
92
Fact density10%
90
Constituency deviation5%
48
Voting misalignment5%
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Weighted composite, 0–100. Identical to the figure on the Congress monitor. Each bar is the component's normalised 0–100 contribution before weighting.

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Silence on donor-funded topics 7

Topics where donors have documented interests but the official has no public statement on record. Silence is the absence of expected speech — not proof of intent.

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Vote-vs-platform contradictions 3

Roll-call votes that contradict the official's own stated platform commitments. Each links to the bill and the contradiction rationale.

37.5% of 8 rated votes contradicted the stated platform
  • S. 1032 ↗ NAY 2025-10-08
    Major Richard Star Act — Objection to Unanimous Consent (Blocking the Bill)
    why contradicted?
    [against_constituent] Wicker became the only senator out of 100 to block a unanimous consent vote on the Major Richard Star Act — bipartisan legislation with 76 co-sponsors that would have restored retirement pay for 54,000 combat-injured veterans. He objected, calling it 'too expensive' and 'double dipping,' though the Pentagon loses more to accounting errors annually than the bill would cost over 10 years. As Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, his single objection was sufficient to kill the bill for the session. Mississippi is home to over 167,000 veterans — Wicker blocked retirement pay restoration for combat-injured veterans in his own state while simultaneously championing billions in defense contractor spending. Dozens of veteran advocates reported being blocked from his Facebook page after posting about the bill.
  • H.R. 1 ↗ YEA 2025-07-01
    One Big Beautiful Bill Act — On Passage (Senate)
    why contradicted?
    [against_constituent] Wicker voted Yea on the OBBB, which the CBO projected would add $3-4 trillion to the deficit and cut approximately $930 billion from Medicaid. Mississippi is the nation's poorest state (14.3% poverty rate, median household income $56,447), with 36.4% Black population and heavy reliance on Medicaid — 40% of the state is low-income, 27.6% of children face hunger. The SPLC projected Mississippi would 'suffer a significant budget deficit' from the bill's cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs. Wicker had previously co-sponsored Balanced Budget Amendments in 2011 and 2013 and signed the Contract with America supporting a balanced budget. He did not publicly reconcile his decades-long fiscal conservatism with his vote for deficit-expanding legislation. The AFL-CIO scored his vote against working people. As Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Wicker's vote helped deliver the defense spending increases in the bill — $528.7 million for Mississippi military installations was included in the subsequent NDAA. His top donors — Securities & Investment ($1.44M career), Lockheed Martin ($70,625 in 2024 cycle), and AIPAC ($339,103 in 2024 cycle) — strongly supported the bill's tax and defense provisions.
  • H.J.Res. 2 / S.J.Res. ↗ YEA_UNVERIFIED 2011-12-14
    Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — On Passage (2011, 2013)
    why contradicted?
    [reversal] Wicker voted for Balanced Budget Amendments in 2011 and 2013, stating the federal government 'continues to borrow roughly 40 cents of every dollar it spends.' He also voted for the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act and signed the Contract with America supporting a balanced budget. These votes — all premised on constitutionally prohibiting deficit spending — stand in direct contradiction to his 2025 Yea vote on the OBBB, which the CBO projected would add $3-4 trillion to the deficit. Wicker's fiscal conservatism, built over decades, was subordinated to the reconciliation tax package in 2025.
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Broken promises 0

Documented public commitments paired with the documented action that broke them. Each carries a primary-source citation for the violation.

No documented broken promises on file.

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Documented contradictions 4

Stated-position-vs-revealed-conduct contradictions analysed against the official's commitments, scored by strength of the contradiction.

  • platform_vs_vote SCORE 90
    Wicker's official identity is built around being a champion of the military and veterans — chairing Armed Services, securing $528.7M for Mississippi bases, and authoring the FY2026 NDAA. Yet he became the only senator to block the Major Richard Star Act, which would have restored retirement pay for 54,000 combat-injured veterans, calling it 'too expensive.' He then allegedly blocked veteran advocates from his Facebook page. The contradiction between his pro-military rhetoric and blocking a bill for wounded veterans — while simultaneously presiding over a Pentagon budget where accounting errors exceed the bill's cost — drew national coverage and protest petitions.
  • platform_vs_vote SCORE 90
    Wicker co-sponsored and voted for Balanced Budget Amendments in 2011 and 2013, signed the Contract with America supporting a balanced budget, and voted for the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act — all premised on prohibiting deficit spending. He then voted for the OBBB, which the CBO projected would add $3-4 trillion to the deficit. Voting for a constitutional balanced budget requirement while simultaneously supporting deficit-financed tax cuts is a foundational fiscal contradiction.
  • statement_vs_disclosure SCORE 90
    Wicker publicly took credit for securing $28.6 billion in restaurant relief from the American Rescue Plan — tweeting about the 'targeted relief' and how it would 'ensure small businesses can survive' — after voting against the $1.9 trillion bill. Every Republican senator voted against it. When confronted by a reporter about the contradiction, Wicker called it 'a stupid question.' Speaker Pelosi labeled the move 'vote no and take the dough.' This is among the most documented 'vote no and take the dough' cases in recent congressional history.
  • platform_vs_vote SCORE 60
    Wicker has championed the Dickey-Wicker Amendment for nearly three decades, restricting federal funding for embryonic stem cell research on moral grounds. Mississippi consistently ranks last or near-last in health outcomes nationally — with the highest rates of diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease — conditions that embryonic stem cell researchers argue could be treated through therapies blocked by the amendment. Wicker's position protects his pro-life brand at the expense of potential medical research that could benefit his own poorest-in-the-nation constituents.
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