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
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	May 21, 2025	Motion to Table Failed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 21, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act	Nay	May 21, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act	Nay	May 19, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Charles Kushner, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the French Republic and the Principality of…	Nay	May 19, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Charles Kushner to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the French Republic and the Principality of…	Nay	May 19, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 195 — A resolution requesting information on El Salvador's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of…	Yea	May 15, 2025	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sean Donahue, of F.L., to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Nay	May 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sean Donahue to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Nay	May 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Matthew Ueland, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Nay	May 14, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Matthew Ueland to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Nay	May 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Emil Michael, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering	Nay	May 14, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Emil Michael to be Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering	Nay	May 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Rigas, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources	Nay	May 14, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Rigas to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources	Nay	May 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Katharine MacGregor, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior	Nay	May 14, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Katharine MacGregor to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior	Nay	May 13, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: James Danly, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy	Nay	May 13, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: James Danly to be Deputy Secretary of Energy	Nay	May 13, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Troy Meink, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Air Force	Yea	May 13, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Troy Meink to be Secretary of the Air Force	Yea	May 13, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Reed Rubinstein, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State	Nay	May 13, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Reed Rubinstein to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State	Nay	May 12, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Monica Crowley, of New York, to be Chief of Protocol and to have the rank of Ambassador	Nay	May 12, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Monica Crowley to be Chief of Protocol and to have the rank of Ambassador	Nay	May 12, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	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.