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John Kennedy
U.S. Senator (Class 3), LA
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
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Senate Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Defense unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Homeland Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Energy and Water Development — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Economic Policy — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Securities, Insurance, and Investment unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and Immigration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the Law unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the Constitution unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: James O'Neill to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services | Yea | Jun 4, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edward Walsh to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Ireland | Yea | Jun 4, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michelle Bowman to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | Yea | Jun 4, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Dale Marks, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense | Yea | Jun 3, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Dale Marks to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense | Yea | Jun 3, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Allison Hooker, of Georgia, to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs) | Yea | Jun 3, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Allison Hooker to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs) | Yea | Jun 3, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Michael Duffey, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment | Yea | Jun 3, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Duffey to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment | Yea | Jun 2, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 89 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… | Yea | May 22, 2025 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 89 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… | Yea | May 22, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 87 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… | Yea | May 22, 2025 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 87 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… | Yea | May 22, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 88 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… | Yea | May 22, 2025 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 88 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… | Yea | May 21, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | 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… | Yea | May 21, 2025 | Joint Resolution Passed | 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… | Yea | May 21, 2025 | Point of Order Sustained | 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… | Yea | May 21, 2025 | Point of Order Sustained | 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 Adjourn Rejected | 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 Rejected | 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 Rejected | 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 Rejected | 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 Rejected | 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 Rejected | 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… | Yea | May 21, 2025 | Motion to Table 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 type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big donor | 727 | $2,356,344 | 47% |
| Corporate PAC | 74 | $2,032,329 | 41% |
| Unclassified | 199 | $586,316 | 12% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $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.
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