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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

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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
Confirmation: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense Yea Jan 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense Yea Jan 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Yea Jan 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Ratcliffe to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Yea Jan 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 6 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Yea Jan 22, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense Yea Jan 21, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Yea Jan 21, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State Yea Jan 20, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 20, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ernst Amdt No. 8, As Amended Yea Jan 20, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Coons Amdt. No. 23 Nay Jan 15, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Cornyn Amdt. No. 14 Yea Jan 15, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 13, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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)

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