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Ron Johnson

U.S. Senator (Class 3), WI

Republican Wisconsin since Jan 3, 2023

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 3), WI current
Wisconsin
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Wisconsin current
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2011 Jan 1, 2030 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WI
Wisconsin
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Wisconsin
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WI
Wisconsin
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Wisconsin
United States
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.647, social dim. -0.160. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 28, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bill Lewis, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama Yea Oct 27, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Rebecca L. Taibleson, of Wisconsin, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit Yea Oct 27, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Rebecca L. Taibleson to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit Yea Oct 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Chad Meredith, of Kentucky, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky Yea Oct 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3012 — Shutdown Fairness Act Yea Oct 23, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William W. Mercer, of Montana, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana Yea Oct 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Chad Meredith to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky Yea Oct 22, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bill Lewis to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama Yea Oct 22, 2025 Cloture Motion 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 Oct 22, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 21, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William W. Mercer to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana Yea Oct 21, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 21, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Harold D. Mooty III, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 21, 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 Oct 20, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Oct 16, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Harold D. Mooty III to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 16, 2025 Cloture Motion 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 Oct 16, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected 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 Oct 15, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected 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 Oct 14, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Oct 9, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 3927 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 3853 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 3210 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 3872 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,058 recorded contributions totalling $4,642,588. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 504 of 1058 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 299 $3,055,390 66%
Big donor 142 $421,300 9%
Super PAC 59 $56,705 1%
Party 4 $53,989 1%
Unclassified 554 $1,055,204 23%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$47,794 SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Super PAC Apr 4, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$37,390 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Jun 23, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$33,137 RIGHT CHOICE LISTS RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. unclassified Oct 7, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$30,592 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Feb 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$28,414 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Aug 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$28,076 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Jun 15, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$27,897 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$26,630 FP1 STRATEGIES RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Apr 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$26,009 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Oct 13, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$25,058 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Feb 24, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$24,852 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Apr 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$24,157 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Feb 2, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,159 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC May 11, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,141 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Mar 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$22,442 WINRED RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC. Corporate PAC Apr 6, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

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

Sponsored legislation (2 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

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