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Rand Paul

RepublicanIn office

Kentucky · Senate 2011–present

20113 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 146 votes · 73.7/100 consistent
Expand coverageRestrict coverage
Immigration 50 votes · 41.6/100 consistent
ExpansiveRestrictive
Guns 13 votes · 59.4/100 consistent
Gun restrictionsGun rights
Abortion & Contraception 16 votes · 86.1/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Climate & Energy 66 votes · 76.3/100 consistent
Climate actionFossil fuel priority
Taxes 102 votes · 74.1/100 consistent
Raise revenueCut taxes
Labor & Wages 52 votes · 90.2/100 consistent
Worker priorityEmployer priority
Defense & War Powers 164 votes · 65.7/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
Civil Rights 19 votes · 81.5/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
LGBTQ Policy 7 votes · 100/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
Voting & Elections 3 votes · 100/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Criminal Justice 54 votes · 33.7/100 consistent
Reform-orientedPunitive
Financial Regulation 47 votes · 35.2/100 consistent
RegulateDeregulate
Trade 31 votes · 45.7/100 consistent
ProtectionistFree trade

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

Education 45 votes · 50.9/100 consistent
Expand federal roleReduce federal role
Spending & Budget 564 votes · 80.8/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

Money & lobbying ties

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

30 committees, $97,900 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
1890 PAC2024$6,600
CALPORTLAND CO. PAC2024$5,000
SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND2024$5,000
EYEPAC FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT2024$5,000
TZEDEK PAC2024$5,000
VIATRIS, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE PAC2024$5,000
COMMUNITY BANCSHARES OF MISSISSIPPI INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PCMA PAC)2024$5,000
THE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$5,000
AKSM UROLOGY PAC2024$5,000
BLUEPAC - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION PAC2024$3,500
340B HEALTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (340B HEALTH PAC)2024$3,500
COMPETITIVE MARKETS PAC2024$3,300
TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TEVA PAC)2024$2,500
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. PAC2024$2,500
UNITED HEALTH GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE2024$2,500
EXPAND LIBERTY PAC2024$2,500
BOSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP LLC/BOSE MCKINNEY & EVANS LLP PAC2024$2,500
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION PAC2024$2,500
FOLEY & LARDNER POLITICAL FUND, INC.2024$2,500
PITNEY BOWES INC. PAC2024$2,500
K&L GATES LLP POLITICAL ACTITION COMMITTEE (DC)2024$2,000
AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T2024$2,000
KENTUCKY SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PAC2024$2,000

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

  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsChairman
  • Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Africa and Global Health Policy
  • Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory AffairsEx Officio
  • Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and CensusEx Officio
  • Education and the American Family
  • Europe and Regional Security Cooperation
  • Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy
  • Permanent Subcommittee on InvestigationsEx Officio
  • Primary Health and Retirement Security
  • State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development

Full term history

YearsChamberStatePartyCongress
2011–2017SenateKYRepublican112–115
2017–2023SenateKYRepublican115–118
2023–presentSenateKYRepublican118–121