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Tim Scott

U.S. Senator (Class 3), SC

Republican South Carolina 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), SC current
South Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SC
South Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Carolina
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Carolina
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SC
South Carolina
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), SC
South Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District South Carolina
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, SC-1
South Carolina
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 2, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District SC-1
United States
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 2, 2013 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.628, social dim. 0.027. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense Yea Jul 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yea Jul 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Wright to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yea Jul 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Emil J. Bove III to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Yea Jul 24, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Richard Topping to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 24, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force Yea Jul 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Lohmeier to be Under Secretary of the Air Force Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Szabo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Szabo to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Zachary M. Bluestone, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Zachary M. Bluestone to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion 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 Yea Jul 23, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Hurley, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Arielle Roth, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bradley Hansell, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jul 22, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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 Yea Jul 22, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Cristian M. Stevens, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua M. Divine, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Terrance Cole to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement Yea Jul 21, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Hurley to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes Not voting Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Arielle Roth to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,002 recorded contributions totalling $18,211,117. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 992 of 1002 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 581 $14,598,388 80%
Big donor 407 $2,895,384 16%
Super PAC 3 $610,278 3%
Party 1 $10,043 0%
Unclassified 10 $97,024 1%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$1,172,437 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC May 26, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$460,402 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$410,278 TIM SCOTT VICTORY FUND TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Super PAC Sep 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$377,777 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Nov 6, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$372,201 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC May 25, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$298,380 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$294,919 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 17, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$227,205 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$211,390 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Nov 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$208,136 ADVANCED PLANNING AND LOGISTICS TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Dec 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$156,425 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$145,969 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC May 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$140,671 TIM SCOTT VICTORY FUND TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$129,056 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$119,696 WINRED TIM SCOTT FOR AMERICA Corporate PAC Oct 15, 2024 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 (5 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

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