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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
Confirmation: David Perdue, of Georgia, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China Yea Apr 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Perdue to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to the People's Republic of China Not voting Apr 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Yea Apr 11, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Yea Apr 11, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be Major General in the Regular Air Force Yea Apr 11, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be Major General in the Regular Air Force Yea Apr 11, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Mark Meador, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner Yea Apr 10, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mark Meador to be a Federal Trade Commissioner Yea Apr 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 20 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Yea Apr 10, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 20 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Yea Apr 9, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Paul Atkins, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Yea Apr 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kevin Cabrera, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extrodinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic… Yea Apr 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Ronald Johnson, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United… Yea Apr 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada Yea Apr 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Mike Huckabee, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel Yea Apr 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Paul Atkins to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Yea Apr 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kevin Cabrera to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Panama Yea Apr 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ronald Johnson to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United… Yea Apr 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Hoekstra to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada Yea Apr 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel Yea Apr 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: George Glass, of Oregon, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan Yea Apr 8, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: George Glass to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan Yea Apr 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Elbridge Colby, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Yea Apr 8, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Elbridge Colby to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Yea Apr 7, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 14 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary… Yea Apr 5, 2025 Concurrent Resolution 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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