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John Kennedy

U.S. Senator (Class 3), LA

Republican Louisiana since Jan 3, 2023

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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: Kathleen S. Lane to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana Yea Jun 1, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Evan Rikhye, of the Virgin Islands, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands Yea May 20, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 185 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Nay May 19, 2026 Motion to Discharge Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Evan Rikhye to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands Yea May 19, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sheria Akins Clarke, of South Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina Yea May 19, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sheria Akins Clarke to be U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina Yea May 19, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: En Bloc Nominations Provided For Under the Provisions of S. Res. 690 Yea May 18, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: En Bloc Nominations Provided for under the provisions of S. Res. 690 Yea May 14, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 130 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay May 13, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 141 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau… Nay May 13, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 132 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay May 13, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kevin Warsh, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve Board Yea May 13, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 526 — A resolution withholding the pay of Senators if a Government shutdown occurs. Yea May 13, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 163 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Nay May 13, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kevin Warsh to be Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System Yea May 12, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kevin Warsh, of Florida, to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board Yea May 12, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kevin Warsh to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Yea May 11, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 690 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea May 11, 2026 Resolution Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 184 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Nay Apr 30, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 690 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Apr 30, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 99 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S… Nay Apr 29, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 139 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Apr 29, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Robert Cekada, of Florida, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Yea Apr 29, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 124 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have… Yea Apr 28, 2026 Point of Order Well Taken U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 690 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Apr 28, 2026 Motion to Proceed 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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