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Rand Paul

U.S. Senator (Class 3), KY

Republican Kentucky since Jan 3, 2023

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Issue areas

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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
Confirmation: Jason Reding Quinones, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jason Reding Quinones to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Burch to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrew Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of… Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew Puzder to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of… Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Kent, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Education Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Woll, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luigi Rinaldi, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Mullin Amdt. No. 3412 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Collins Amdt. No. 3411, as amended Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Johnson Amdt. No. 3428 Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3113, as modified Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Kennedy Amdt. No. 3414 Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 3466 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 3115 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Murphy Amdt. No. 3447 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Points of Order Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 3114 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luigi Rinaldi to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Oriental… Yea Aug 1, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Nesvik, of Wyoming, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Casey Mulligan, of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Nesvik to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Yea Aug 1, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Kent to be Under Secretary of Education Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Woll to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Yea Jul 31, 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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