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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
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Tulsi Gabbard Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider Re: Vought Nomination Yea Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget Yea Feb 6, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget Yea Feb 5, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Turner, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Yea Feb 5, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Turner to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Yea Feb 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Pamela Bondi, of Florida, to be Attorney General Yea Feb 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Yea Feb 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Pamela Bondi to be Attorney General Yea Feb 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher Wright, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy Yea Feb 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Russell Vought Yea Feb 3, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Yea Jan 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Wright to be Secretary of Energy Yea Jan 30, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Burgum, of N.D., to be Secretary of the Interior Yea Jan 30, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Burgum to be Secretary of the Interior Yea Jan 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lee Zeldin, of N.Y., to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jan 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lee Zeldin to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jan 29, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 23 — Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act Yea Jan 28, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sean Duffy, of WI, to be Secretary of Transportation Yea Jan 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sean Duffy to be Secretary of Transportation Yea Jan 27, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Scott Bessent, of S.C., to be Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jan 27, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jan 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kristi Noem, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Homeland Security Yea Jan 25, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kristi Noem to be Secretary of Homeland Security Yea Jan 24, 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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