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: Justin R. Olson to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana	Nay	Feb 5, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee	Nay	Feb 5, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas	Nay	Feb 2, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Jan 30, 2026	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 4287	Yea	Jan 30, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 4290	Yea	Jan 30, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4286	Yea	Jan 30, 2026	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4234	Yea	Jan 30, 2026	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4236	Yea	Jan 30, 2026	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 4272	Nay	Jan 30, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Jan 29, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3627 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act	Nay	Jan 27, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 15, 2026	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 15, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 98 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been…	Nay	Jan 14, 2026	Point of Order Well Taken	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 84 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	Jan 13, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 12, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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.