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Rand Paul

U.S. Senator (Class 3), KY

Republican Kentucky since Jan 3, 2023

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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), KY current
Kentucky
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Kentucky current
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2011 Jan 1, 2030 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), KY
Kentucky
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Kentucky
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), KY
Kentucky
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Kentucky
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. 0.878, social dim. -0.479. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Collins Amdt. No. 3937 Nay Nov 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Paul Amdt. No. 3941 Nay Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3946 Nay Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Failed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Baldwin Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3947 Nay Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Table Failed 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 Nay Nov 10, 2025 Motion to Proceed 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 Nay Nov 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3012 — Shutdown Fairness Act Yea Nov 7, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 90 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… Yea Nov 6, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) Nay Nov 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Caleb Orr to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) Nay Nov 5, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Chunyee Tung, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Yea Nov 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua D. Dunlap, of Maine, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit Yea Nov 4, 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 Nay Nov 4, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Chunyee Tung to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Yea Nov 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joshua D. Dunlap to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit Yea Oct 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 88 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs. Yea Oct 30, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Oct 30, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 77 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada. Yea Oct 29, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 69 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Oct 29, 2025 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Oct 29, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 81 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil. Yea Oct 28, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jordan Emery Pratt, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jordan Emery Pratt to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,043 recorded contributions totalling $4,133,810. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 463 of 1043 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 210 $2,020,152 49%
Big donor 206 $600,120 15%
Super PAC 47 $58,597 1%
Unclassified 580 $1,454,940 35%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$70,447 FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE unclassified Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$67,123 FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$46,059 FIDELITY RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$40,282 TEAM RAND RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$37,413 WINRED RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Aug 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$33,459 FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$31,100 TEAM RAND RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC May 24, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$31,062 WINRED RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$28,905 FIDELITY RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE unclassified Aug 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$28,293 FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC May 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$26,409 FIDELITY RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE unclassified Oct 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$26,122 FIDELITY RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE unclassified Nov 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$25,322 TEAM RAND RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$24,397 WINRED RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE Corporate PAC Jan 24, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,774 FIDELITY RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE unclassified May 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

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

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

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