Tim Kaine

U.S. Senator (Class 1), VA

Democratic Virginia since Jan 3, 2025

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

Foreign Policy & Trade 5 Defense & Military 3 Government Operations & Budget 3 Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Education 2 Labor & Employment 2 Banking & Finance 1 Elections & Voting 1 Environment & Energy 1 Immigration 1 Other 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 1), VA current Virginia	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2031	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), VA Virginia	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Virginia United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), VA Virginia	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Virginia United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2019	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Armed Services — Seapower — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and Capabilities unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Readiness and Management Support unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American Family unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Employment and Workplace Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.234, social dim. -0.128. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Casey Mulligan to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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…	Yea	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.	Yea	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	Nay	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…	Nay	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…	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	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	Nay	Jul 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,075 recorded contributions totalling $8,979,826. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 859 of 1075 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Party	25	$3,657,366	41%
Big donor	526	$1,929,758	21%
Corporate PAC	231	$1,535,544	17%
Super PAC	77	$300,909	3%
Unclassified	216	$1,556,250	17%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$548,700	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	unclassified	Mar 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$430,000	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	Mar 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$328,750	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	May 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$290,000	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	Aug 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$265,950	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	Sep 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$264,000	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	Jun 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$252,700	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	Jun 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$227,000	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	Apr 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$216,600	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	Dec 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$216,000	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	May 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$194,000	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	Sep 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$153,300	KAINE FOR COMMON GROUND PAC	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Super PAC	Mar 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$150,000	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	Oct 14, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$137,968	BUCHANAN, KATHERINE	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Big donor	Jun 4, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$133,800	KAINE VICTORY FUND	KAINE FOR VIRGINIA	Party	Jul 31, 2023	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.