Lindsey Graham — GovTally

Issue areas

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

Government Operations & Budget 2 Criminal Justice & Policing 1 Defense & Military 1 Gun Policy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
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

Senate Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Defense unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Energy and Water Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and Immigration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Crime and Counterterrorism unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the Law unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense	Yea	Jul 28, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Yea	Jul 28, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Wright to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Yea	Jul 28, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Emil J. Bove III to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit	Yea	Jul 24, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs	Yea	Jul 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Richard Topping to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs	Yea	Jul 24, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force	Yea	Jul 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Lohmeier to be Under Secretary of the Air Force	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Szabo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Szabo to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Zachary M. Bluestone, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Zachary M. Bluestone to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Hurley, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Arielle Roth, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bradley Hansell, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security	Not voting	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Cristian M. Stevens, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua M. Divine, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Terrance Cole to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement	Not voting	Jul 21, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Hurley to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes	Yea	Jul 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Arielle Roth to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information	Yea	Jul 17, 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 type	Contributions	Total	Share
Corporate PAC	50	$1,979,026	58%
Big donor	190	$612,542	18%
Unclassified	760	$822,395	24%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$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.