130 times. But his response is to say that voting “present” doesn’t mean just being present, it’s a legislative technique that has some mystical meaning that I couldn’t really understand, but to him means he was really voting when he didn’t vote.
Voting “present” could mean that he was being paired with another state senator of a particular issue.
However, “pairing,” at least in my experience, was done if you were NOT present in the chamber and neither was the colleague with whom you were being paired who was on the other side of the issue.
During my time working in a state senate, voting “present” was akin to “abstain.”