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Ted Budd

U.S. Senator (Class 3), NC

Republican North Carolina since Jan 3, 2023

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Issue areas

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 3), NC current
North Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District North Carolina current
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 1, 2030 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District NC-13
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NC-13
North Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NC-13
North Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NC-13
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, NC-13
North Carolina
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District NC-13
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.634, social dim. -0.079. 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 Nay 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 Yea 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

1,005 recorded contributions totalling $1,994,854. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 245 of 1005 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 56 $599,096 30%
Big donor 184 $562,068 28%
Super PAC 5 $17,978 1%
Unclassified 760 $815,712 41%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$42,192 BUDD NC VICTORY FUND 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 17, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$40,028 BUDD NC VICTORY FUND 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 16, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$38,451 BUDD NC VICTORY FUND 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 16, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$37,316 BUDD NC VICTORY FUND 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 1, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$25,722 BUDD NC VICTORY FUND 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jun 2, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$24,802 TED BUDD MAJORITY COMMITTEE 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,000 2023 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$22,344 BUDD NC VICTORY FUND 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jun 2, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$17,785 BUDD NC VICTORY FUND 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 1, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$17,785 BUDD NC VICTORY FUND 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 1, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$15,251 TED BUDD MAJORITY COMMITTEE 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$14,403 BUDD NC VICTORY FUND 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC May 1, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$13,947 BUDD NC VICTORY FUND 2028 TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 17, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$13,068 WINRED TED BUDD FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Apr 10, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$13,068 MACFARLANE, RON TED BUDD FOR SENATE Big donor Apr 10, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (7 as lead sponsor)

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