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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
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Justin R. Olson to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana Yea Feb 5, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Yea Feb 5, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Yea Feb 4, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Yea Feb 4, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Yea Feb 4, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska Yea Feb 4, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska Yea Feb 3, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Yea Feb 2, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 4287 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 4290 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4286 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4234 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4236 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 4272 Yea Jan 30, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jan 29, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3627 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act Yea Jan 27, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jan 15, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jan 15, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 98 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… Yea Jan 14, 2026 Point of Order Well Taken U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 84 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Jan 13, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jan 12, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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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