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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
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Nay Sep 11, 2025 Decision of Chair Not Sustained U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Sep 11, 2025 Motion to Reconsider Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Sep 11, 2025 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 3849 Yea Sep 10, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Sep 9, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Sep 9, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kyle Christopher Dudek, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Sep 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kyle Christopher Dudek to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Sep 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Robert Law, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland… Yea Sep 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert Law to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland Security Yea Sep 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Maria A. Lanahan, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Sep 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edward L. Artau of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Yea Sep 8, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Sep 4, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edward L. Artau to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Yea Sep 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Maria A. Lanahan to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Sep 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Sep 2, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Marcus Molinaro, of New York, to be Federal Transit Administrator Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Adam Telle, of Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sean Cairncross, of Minnesota, to be National Cyber Director Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Arrigo, of Florida, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Portuguese Republic Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Catherine Hanson, of South Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luke Lindberg to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jeanine Pirro, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeanine Pirro to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Yea Aug 2, 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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