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John Kennedy

U.S. Senator (Class 3), LA

Republican Louisiana since Jan 3, 2023

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

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
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bradley Hansell to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Lukas to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Cristian M. Stevens to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joshua M. Divine to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 17, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Schmitt Admt. No. 2853 Yea Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 2863 Nay Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ossoff Amdt. No. 2896 Nay Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shaheen Amdt. No. 2898 Nay Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Murkowski Amdt. No. 2865 Nay Jul 17, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Amdt. No. 2893 Yea Jul 17, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Booker Amdt. No. 2887 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Rosen Amdt. No. 2878 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Schiff Amdt. No. 2862 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Baldwin Amdt. No. 2855 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Motion to Recommit Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Coons Amdt. No. 2856 Nay Jul 16, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 15, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025 Yea Jul 15, 2025 Motion to Discharge 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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