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Mitch McConnell

RepublicanIn office

Kentucky · Senate 1985–present

  • Senate Minority Leader (2007–2009)
  • Senate Minority Leader (2009–2011)
  • Senate Minority Leader (2011–2013)
  • Senate Minority Leader (2013–2015)
  • Senate Majority Leader (2015–2017)
  • Senate Majority Leader (2017–2019)
  • Senate Majority Leader (2019–2021)
  • Senate Majority Leader (2021–2021)
  • Senate Minority Leader (2021–2023)
  • Senate Minority Leader (2023–2025)
19857 Senate terms — lighter bands are House, solid are Senatepresent

Voting record by issue

Where this member landed on each issue across their entire career, and how consistent that position stayed over time. Open an issue to see every vote behind the score.

Health Care 496 votes · 78.7/100 consistent
Expand coverageRestrict coverage
Immigration 201 votes · 58.9/100 consistent
ExpansiveRestrictive
Guns 41 votes · 51.1/100 consistent
Gun restrictionsGun rights
Abortion & Contraception 98 votes · 69.4/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Climate & Energy 154 votes · 49.4/100 consistent
Climate actionFossil fuel priority
Taxes 484 votes · 74.9/100 consistent
Raise revenueCut taxes
Labor & Wages 227 votes · 74.3/100 consistent
Worker priorityEmployer priority
Defense & War Powers 721 votes · 79.2/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
Civil Rights 98 votes · 52/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
LGBTQ Policy 14 votes · 51/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
Voting & Elections 7 votes · 36/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Criminal Justice 225 votes · 67.7/100 consistent
Reform-orientedPunitive
Financial Regulation 206 votes · 47.6/100 consistent
RegulateDeregulate
Trade 167 votes · 31.7/100 consistent
ProtectionistFree trade

Not a left/right axis — both parties split on this issue.

Education 204 votes · 50.1/100 consistent
Expand federal roleReduce federal role
Spending & Budget 2,449 votes · 77.1/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

Money & lobbying ties

Political committees that gave to this member’s principal campaign committee.

81 committees, $276,725 total (cycle 2024). Source: FEC Schedule A, line 11C. A contribution is a documented financial relationship — it is not evidence that any vote was influenced by it. Conduit committees such as ActBlue and WinRed appear here as the FEC records them, but they forward earmarked donations from individuals rather than giving money of their own.

CommitteeCycleAmount
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC)2024$10,000
AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION PAC2024$10,000
DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$10,000
AECOM PAC2024$10,000
ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC. PAC2024$6,500
FEDERAL BIPARTISAN VOLUNTARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. (...2024$5,000
THE JOCKEY CLUB PAC2024$5,000
JOHNSON & JOHNSON PAC2024$5,000
WORKING FOR OHIO2024$5,000
CONTINUING AMERICA'S STRENGTH & SECURITY PAC2024$5,000
STEER PAC2024$5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
RBS CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. POLITICAL COMMITTEE (RBS CITIZENS PAC)2024$5,000
DOW INC. PAC (DOWPAC)2024$5,000
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC)2024$5,000
XCEL ENERGY EMPLOYEE PAC (XPAC)2024$5,000
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. FEDERAL PAC, AKA CISCO SYSTEMS EPAC2024$5,000
CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION2024$5,000
REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
THE PETER NORBECK LEADERSHIP PAC2024$5,000
TRUE NORTH PAC2024$5,000
TOGETHER HOLDING OUR MAJORITY PAC2024$5,000
BMO FINANCIAL CORP GOOD GOVERNANCE FUND-FEDERAL2024$5,000
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOB2024$5,000
INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING PAC2024$5,000

Industry rollups are not shown

This would be powered by OpenSecrets, which this project does not use. It moved behind a paid subscription, and no free source codes contributors by industry. Rather than guess an industry from a committee name, the filings are shown exactly as the FEC records them. It would otherwise show these committees grouped into industries and sectors.

Committee assignments

  • Joint Committee of Congress on the LibraryVice Chairman
  • Joint Committee on PrintingChairman
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Senate Committee on Rules and AdministrationChairman
  • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
  • Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
  • Department of DefenseChairman
  • Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
  • Energy and Water Development
  • Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and ResearchChairman
  • Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
  • Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
  • State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

Full term history

YearsChamberStatePartyCongress
1985–1991SenateKYRepublican99–102
1991–1997SenateKYRepublican102–105
1997–2003SenateKYRepublican105–108
2003–2009SenateKYRepublican108–111
2009–2015SenateKYRepublican111–114
2015–2021SenateKYRepublican114–117
2021–presentSenateKYRepublican117–120