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Lindsey Graham

U.S. Senator (Class 2), SC

Republican South Carolina since Jan 3, 2021

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), SC current
South Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), SC
South Carolina
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Carolina
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), SC
South Carolina
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Carolina
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Carolina
United States
Republican Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2009 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), SC
South Carolina
Republican Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, SC-3
South Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2001 Jan 3, 2003 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District SC-3
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2001 Jan 3, 2003 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District SC-3
United States
Republican Jan 6, 1999 Jan 3, 2001 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, SC-3
South Carolina
Republican Jan 6, 1999 Jan 3, 2001 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, SC-3
South Carolina
Republican Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 1999 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District SC-3
United States
Republican Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 1999 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, SC-3
South Carolina
Republican Jan 4, 1995 Jan 3, 1997 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District SC-3
United States
Republican Jan 4, 1995 Jan 3, 1997 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.367, social dim. -0.266. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Collins Amdt. No. 3937 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Paul Amdt. No. 3941 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3946 Nay Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Failed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Baldwin Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3947 Nay Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Failed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3012 — Shutdown Fairness Act Yea Nov 7, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 90 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… Nay Nov 6, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) Yea Nov 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Caleb Orr to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) Yea Nov 5, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Chunyee Tung, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Yea Nov 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua D. Dunlap, of Maine, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit Yea Nov 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 4, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Chunyee Tung to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Yea Nov 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joshua D. Dunlap to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit Yea Oct 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 88 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs. Nay Oct 30, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Oct 30, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 77 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada. Nay Oct 29, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 69 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Oct 29, 2025 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Oct 29, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 81 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil. Nay Oct 28, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jordan Emery Pratt, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jordan Emery Pratt to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $3,413,963. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 240 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 50 $1,979,026 58%
Big donor 190 $612,542 18%
Unclassified 760 $822,395 24%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$1,117,683 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$229,202 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$58,925 WINRED PAC TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Oct 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$57,200 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION CO TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Oct 24, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$43,867 WINRED PAC TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Nov 4, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$30,346 PALADIN DATA LLC TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Sep 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$29,414 PALADIN DATA LLC TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Dec 16, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$27,818 WINRED PAC TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Apr 11, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$26,956 WINRED PAC TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Mar 12, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$26,434 CASTLEBLACK LLC TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Jan 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$24,031 CASTLEBLACK LLC TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Jan 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$21,779 WINRED PAC TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Jun 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$20,400 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION CO TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Nov 4, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$20,203 WINRED PAC TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Corporate PAC Jan 9, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$17,400 SIMMONS, LINDA L. TEAM GRAHAM, INC. Big donor Jan 4, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (4 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

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