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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
Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 Nay Jun 5, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Peters Amdt. No. 5763 Nay Jun 5, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Hirono Amdt. No. 5506 Nay Jun 5, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2 — Secure America Act Nay Jun 5, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Durbin Amdt. No. 5806 Nay Jun 5, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Budgetary Discipline Re: Lee Amdt. No. 5804 Yea Jun 5, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Booker Amdt. No. 5803 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Baldwin Amdt. No. 5485 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Sanders Amdt. No. 5451 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2 — Secure America Act Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Kim Amdt. No. 5545 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 5501 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Graham Amdt. No. 5779 Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Warner Amdt. No. 5556 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hassan Amdt. No. 5535 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2 — Secure America Act Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Reed Amdt. No. 5514 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 5512 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Tillis Amdt. No. 5452 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2 — Secure America Act Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2 — Secure America Act Yea Jun 3, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 188 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Jun 3, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jeffrey M. Kuhlman, of Kansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas Yea Jun 2, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeffrey M. Kuhlman to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas Yea Jun 2, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kathleen S. Lane, of Montana, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana Yea Jun 2, 2026 Nomination Confirmed 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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