Tina Smith

U.S. Senator (Class 2), MN

Democratic Minnesota since Jan 3, 2021

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

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

Agriculture 2 Social Services & Welfare 2 Government Operations & Budget 1 Healthcare 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MN current Minnesota	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MN Minnesota	Democratic	Nov 7, 2018	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Minnesota United States	Democratic	Nov 7, 2018	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MN Minnesota	Democratic	Jan 3, 2018	Nov 6, 2018	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Minnesota United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2018	Nov 6, 2018	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Housing, Transportation, and Community Development — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Rural Development, Energy, and Credit unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Digital Assets unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Economic Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.411, social dim. -0.118. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health	Nay	Mar 25, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	Nay	Mar 25, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Kratsios to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	Nay	Mar 25, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State	Nay	Mar 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy	Nay	Mar 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Landau to be Deputy Secretary of State	Nay	Mar 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Phelan to be Secretary of the Navy	Nay	Mar 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025	Nay	Mar 14, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 1266	Nay	Mar 14, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 1272	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 1274	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 1273	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025	Nay	Mar 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense	Nay	Mar 14, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Feinberg to be Deputy Secretary of Defense	Nay	Mar 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act	Yea	Mar 13, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security	Nay	Mar 13, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeffrey Kessler to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security	Nay	Mar 13, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Pulte, of Florida, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency	Nay	Mar 13, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Pulte to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency	Nay	Mar 13, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor	Nay	Mar 12, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Sonderling to be Deputy Secretary of Labor	Nay	Mar 12, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers	Nay	Mar 12, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers	Nay	Mar 12, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $1,031,399. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 75 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	64	$192,400	19%
Corporate PAC	11	$55,000	5%
Unclassified	925	$783,999	76%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$5,432	NAMES IN THE NEWS	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	unclassified	Jan 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC)	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	Corporate PAC	Feb 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PENSION PROFESSIONALS AND ACTUARIES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASPPA-NAPA PAC) A/K/A AMERICAN RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARA PAC)	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	POLARIS INDUSTRIES POLITICAL PARTICIPATION PROGRAM	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	Corporate PAC	Jul 26, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	DEMAND JUSTICE PAC	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	Corporate PAC	Sep 18, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; THE	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	Corporate PAC	Nov 28, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PENSION PROFESSIONALS AND ACTUARIES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASPPA-NAPA PAC) A/K/A AMERICAN RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARA PAC)	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	Corporate PAC	Aug 20, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	DEMAND JUSTICE PAC	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	Corporate PAC	Nov 3, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	Corporate PAC	Aug 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	TRANSUNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TU PAC)	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	Corporate PAC	Dec 28, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION CMTE (CHS PAC)	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	Corporate PAC	Oct 15, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$4,815	NAMES IN THE NEWS	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	unclassified	Oct 23, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$4,000	AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I. FEDERAL PAC (AMFAM PAC)	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	unclassified	Aug 14, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$4,000	ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	TINA SMITH FOR MINNESOTA	unclassified	Jan 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

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