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How did US senators vote on Kavanaugh?

The Senate voted 50-48 in favour of Kavanaugh [Reuters]

The US Senate voted 50-48 on Saturday to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, pushing the court further to the right. 

The vote ended a brutal and divisive battle after sexual assault allegations against the judge were made. Kavanaugh has denied the accusations. 

Here's a look at how each senator voted.

Voted in favour of the nomination

Republicans

  1. Lamar Alexander - Tennessee
  2. John Barrasso - Wyoming
  3. Roy Blunt - Missouri
  4. John Boozman - Arkansas
  5. Richard M Burr - North Carolina
  6. Shelley Moore Capito - West Virginia
  7. Bill Cassidy - Louisiana
  8. Susan Collins - Maine
  9. Bob Corker - Tennessee
  10. John Cornyn - Texas
  11. Tom Cotton - Arkansas
  12. Michael D Crapo - Idaho
  13. Ted Cruz - Texas
  14. Michael B Enzi - Wyoming
  15. Joni Ernst - Iowa
  16. Deb Fischer - Nebraska
  17. Jeff Flake - Arizona
  18. Cory Gardner - Colorado
  19. Lindsey Graham - South Carolina
  20. Charles E Grassley - Iowa
  21. Orrin G Hatch - Utah
  22. Dean Heller - Nevada
  23. John Hoeven - North Dakota
  24. Cindy Hyde-Smith - Mississippi
  25. James M Inhofe - Oklahoma
  26. Johnny Isakson - Georgia
  27. Ron Johnson - Wisconsin
  28. John Kennedy - Louisiana
  29. Jon Kyl - Arizona
  30. James Lankford - Oklahoma
  31. Mike Lee - Utah
  32. Mitch McConnell - Kentucky
  33. Jerry Moran - Kansas
  34. Rand Paul - Kentucky
  35. David Perdue - Georgia
  36. Rob Portman - Ohio
  37. Jim Risch - Idaho
  38. Pat Roberts - Kansas
  39. Michael Rounds - South Dakota
  40. Marco Rubio - Florida
  41. Ben Sasse - Nebraska
  42. Tim Scott - South Carolina
  43. Richard C Shelby - Alabama
  44. Dan Sullivan - Alaska
  45. John Thune - South Dakota
  46. Thom Tillis - North Carolina
  47. Patrick J Toomey - Pennsylvania
  48. Roger Wicker - Mississippi
  49. Todd Young - Indiana

Democrats 

  1. Joe Manchin III - West Virginia 

Voted against the nomination 

Democrats 

  1. Tammy Baldwin - Wisconsin
  2. Michael Bennet - Colorado
  3. Richard Blumenthal - Connecticut
  4. Cory Booker - New Jersey
  5. Sherrod Brown - Ohio
  6. Maria Cantwell - Washington
  7. Benjamin L Cardin - Maryland
  8. Thomas R Carper - Delaware
  9. Bob Casey - Pennsylvania
  10. Chris Coons - Delaware
  11. Catherine Cortez Masto - Nevada
  12. Joe Donnelly - Indiana
  13. Tammy Duckworth - Illinois
  14. Richard J Durbin - Illinois
  15. Dianne Feinstein - California
  16. Kirsten Gillibrand - New York
  17. Kamala Harris - California
  18. Maggie Hassan - New Hampshire
  19. Martin Heinrich - New Mexico
  20. Heidi Heitkamp - North Dakota
  21. Mazie K Hirono - Hawaii
  22. Doug Jones - Alabama
  23. Tim Kaine - Virginia
  24. Angus King - Maine
  25. Amy Klobuchar - Minnesota
  26. Patrick J Leahy - Vermont
  27. Edward J Markey - Massachusetts
  28. Claire McCaskill - Missouri
  29. Robert Menendez - New Jersey
  30. Jeff Merkley - Oregon
  31. Christopher S Murphy - Connecticut
  32. Patty Murray - Washington
  33. Bill Nelson - Florida
  34. Gary Peters - Michigan
  35. Jack Reed - Rhode Island
  36. Bernie Sanders - Vermont
  37. Brian Schatz - Hawaii
  38. Chuck Schumer - New York
  39. Jeanne Shaheen - New Hampshire
  40. Tina Smith - Minnesota
  41. Debbie Stabenow - Michigan
  42. Jon Tester - Montana
  43. Tom Udall - New Mexico
  44. Chris Van Hollen - Maryland
  45. Mark Warner - Virginia
  46. Elizabeth Warren - Massachusetts
  47. Sheldon Whitehouse - Rhode Island
  48. Ron Wyden - Oregon

Voted 'present'

  1. Republican Lisa Murkowski - Alaska (Murkowski was opposed to the nomination, but voted "present" as a courtesy to Montana Senator Daines who is out of town)

Not present

  1. Republican Steve Daines - Montana (Daines was away for his daughter's wedding, but he would have voted in favour of Kavanaugh)
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