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
Confirmation: Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana	Nay	Mar 17, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anna St. John to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana	Nay	Mar 17, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.	Nay	Mar 12, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act	Yea	Mar 12, 2026	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act	Yea	Mar 11, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Scott (SC) Amdt. No. 4308, as amended	Yea	Mar 11, 2026	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Amdt. No. 4308	Yea	Mar 10, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army	Nay	Mar 10, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army	Nay	Mar 9, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.	Nay	Mar 5, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 104 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that…	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act	Yea	Mar 4, 2026	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act	Yea	Mar 2, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ryan McCormack to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board	Nay	Feb 25, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John DeLeeuw to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board	Nay	Feb 25, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.	Nay	Feb 24, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.	Nay	Feb 12, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision…	Nay	Feb 12, 2026	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision…	Nay	Feb 11, 2026	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 95 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	Feb 10, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Daniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Feb 10, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel E. Burrows to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Feb 9, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Justin R. Olson, of Indiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana	Nay	Feb 5, 2026	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.