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John Kennedy

U.S. Senator (Class 3), LA

Republican Louisiana since Jan 3, 2023

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Issue areas

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 3), LA current
Louisiana
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), LA
Louisiana
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.558, social dim. -0.142. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Nay Sep 11, 2025 Decision of Chair Not Sustained U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Sep 11, 2025 Motion to Reconsider Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Sep 11, 2025 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 3849 Yea Sep 10, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Sep 9, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Sep 9, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kyle Christopher Dudek, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Sep 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kyle Christopher Dudek to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Sep 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Robert Law, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland… Yea Sep 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert Law to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland Security Yea Sep 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Maria A. Lanahan, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Sep 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edward L. Artau of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Yea Sep 8, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Sep 4, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edward L. Artau to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Yea Sep 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Maria A. Lanahan to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Sep 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Nay Sep 2, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Marcus Molinaro, of New York, to be Federal Transit Administrator Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Adam Telle, of Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sean Cairncross, of Minnesota, to be National Cyber Director Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Arrigo, of Florida, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Portuguese Republic Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Catherine Hanson, of South Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luke Lindberg to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jeanine Pirro, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeanine Pirro to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $4,974,990. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 801 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 727 $2,356,344 47%
Corporate PAC 74 $2,032,329 41%
Unclassified 199 $586,316 12%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$87,216 FRIENDS OF KENNEDY JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Aug 15, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$79,252 FRIENDS OF KENNEDY JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$74,557 FRIENDS OF KENNEDY JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Jun 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$71,314 FRIENDS OF KENNEDY JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Aug 15, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$62,948 FRIENDS OF KENNEDY JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Aug 15, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$60,000 UNITED STATES POSTAL OFFICE JOHN KENNEDY FOR US unclassified Jan 6, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$54,006 FRIENDS OF KENNEDY JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Sep 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$52,117 FRIENDS OF KENNEDY JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Jun 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$46,863 FRIENDS OF KENNEDY JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$41,070 FRIENDS OF KENNEDY JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Sep 21, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$40,385 BANKPLUS JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Aug 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$40,243 BANKPLUS JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$39,965 BANKPLUS JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC May 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$39,689 BANKPLUS JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$39,419 BANKPLUS JOHN KENNEDY FOR US Corporate PAC Jan 31, 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 (4 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

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