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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

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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
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health Yea Mar 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy Yea Mar 25, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Kratsios to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy Yea Mar 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State Yea Mar 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy Yea Mar 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Landau to be Deputy Secretary of State Yea Mar 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Phelan to be Secretary of the Navy Yea Mar 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 Yea Mar 14, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 1266 Yea Mar 14, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 1272 Nay Mar 14, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 1274 Nay Mar 14, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 1273 Nay Mar 14, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 Yea Mar 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act Yea Mar 14, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense Yea Mar 14, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Feinberg to be Deputy Secretary of Defense Yea Mar 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act Yea Mar 13, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Yea Mar 13, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeffrey Kessler to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Yea Mar 13, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Pulte, of Florida, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Yea Mar 13, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Pulte to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Yea Mar 13, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor Yea Mar 12, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Sonderling to be Deputy Secretary of Labor Yea Mar 12, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Yea Mar 12, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Yea Mar 12, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to 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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