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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
Confirmation: Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security Yea Jul 15, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joseph Edlow to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security Yea Jul 15, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Anthony Tata, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Yea Jul 15, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anthony Tata to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Yea Jul 15, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luke Pettit, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jul 15, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luke Pettit to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jul 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Whitney D. Hermandorfer, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Yea Jul 14, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jonathan Gould, of Virginia, to be Comptroller of the Currency Yea Jul 10, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Whitney D. Hermandorfer to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Yea Jul 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jonathan Gould to be Comptroller of the Currency Yea Jul 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Briggs, of Texas, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Scott Kupor, of California, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Briggs to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration Yea Jul 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bryan Bedford, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott Kupor to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management Yea Jul 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bryan Bedford to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Yea Jul 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Preston Griffith to be Under Secretary of Energy Yea Jul 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Yea Jul 1, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Amdt. No. 2360, as Amended Yea Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Graham Amdt. No. 2848 Yea Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Klobuchar Amdt. No. 2849 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 2585 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Warner Amdt. No. 2847 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shaheen Amdt. No. 2564 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected 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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