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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
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Casey Mulligan to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrea Lucas, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Yea Jul 31, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Kozma, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security Yea Jul 31, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrea Lucas to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Cheryl Mason, of North Carolina, to be Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 31, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service Yea Jul 31, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Tyler Clarkson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture Yea Jul 31, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Cheryl Mason to be Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Kozma to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security Yea Jul 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Gadyaces Serralta to be Director of the United States Marshals Service Yea Jul 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 34 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… Nay Jul 30, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 41 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of certain defense articles to Israel. Nay Jul 30, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Tyler Clarkson to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture Yea Jul 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joseph Kent, of Washington, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National… Yea Jul 30, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jospeh Kent to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National… Yea Jul 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Thomas Gaiser, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Jul 30, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Thomas Gaiser to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Jul 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Emil Bove III, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Yea Jul 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Samuel Brown, of Nevada, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Services Yea Jul 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Samuel Brown to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs Yea Jul 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Susan Monarez, of Wisconsin, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Yea Jul 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Susan Monarez to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Yea Jul 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Yea Jul 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Kimmitt to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Yea Jul 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Earl Matthews, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense Yea Jul 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed 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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