Ted Budd — GovTally

Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Technology & Privacy 3 Agriculture 1 Banking & Finance 1 Civil Rights & Liberties 1 Economy & Taxes 1 Foreign Policy & Trade 1 Government Operations & Budget 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
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

Joint Economic Committee unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Airland unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Cybersecurity unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and Capabilities unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Personnel unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Aviation, Space, and Innovation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense	Yea	Jul 28, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Yea	Jul 28, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Wright to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Yea	Jul 28, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Emil J. Bove III to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit	Yea	Jul 24, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs	Yea	Jul 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Richard Topping to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs	Yea	Jul 24, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force	Yea	Jul 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Lohmeier to be Under Secretary of the Air Force	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Szabo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Szabo to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Zachary M. Bluestone, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Zachary M. Bluestone to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Hurley, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Arielle Roth, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information	Yea	Jul 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bradley Hansell, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Cristian M. Stevens, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua M. Divine, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement	Yea	Jul 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Terrance Cole to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement	Not voting	Jul 21, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Hurley to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes	Yea	Jul 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Arielle Roth to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information	Yea	Jul 17, 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 type	Contributions	Total	Share
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

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$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.