Ted Budd
U.S. Senator (Class 3), NC
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Issue areas
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmation: Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Yea | Mar 17, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anna St. John to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Yea | Mar 17, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Yea | Mar 12, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Nay | Mar 12, 2026 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Nay | Mar 11, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Scott (SC) Amdt. No. 4308, as amended | Nay | Mar 11, 2026 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Amdt. No. 4308 | Nay | Mar 10, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army | Yea | Mar 10, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army | Yea | Mar 9, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Yea | Mar 5, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 104 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… | Nay | Mar 4, 2026 | Motion to Discharge Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Yea | Mar 4, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Yea | Mar 2, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ryan McCormack to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: John DeLeeuw to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Yea | Feb 24, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Yea | Feb 12, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… | Yea | Feb 12, 2026 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 95 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Nay | Feb 10, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Daniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Attorney General | Yea | Feb 10, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel E. Burrows to be an Assistant Attorney General | Yea | Feb 9, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Justin R. Olson, of Indiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana | Yea | Feb 5, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | 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.
Sponsored legislation (7 as lead sponsor)
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SRES 776
US · Jun 17, 2026
A resolution honoring the life of Kyle Busch.
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S 3984
US · Jun 17, 2026
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
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S 4750
US · Jun 11, 2026
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the application of the advanced manufacturing investment credit with respect to semiconductor…
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S 4690
US · Jun 4, 2026
Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2026
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S 2666
US · Jun 1, 2026
Foreign Robocall Elimination Act
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S 4627
US · May 21, 2026
FARM AI Act of 2026
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S 4593
US · May 20, 2026
Detention Authority Clarification Act
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