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U.S. Senator from Louisiana · Class III

John Kennedy

Republican 2nd term Up 2028

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$11.9M raised · top PACs: Space Exploration Technologies, Regions Financial, Arenholz Breaks with Republicans most onArmed Forces & National Security: broke on 2 of 42 party-line votes (5%; most Republicans: 0%)
99LoyaltyMed 100
98AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 9
5BreaksMed 2
In office
Senate 2017–now
9 years in CongressMore senior than 27% of the Senate
Committees
  • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 5th majority
  • Budget 7th majority
  • Judiciary 7th majority
Age
74

Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1388552059155
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—46123869165

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 17% 6%
Health 10% 5%
Finance and Financial Sector 1% 21%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Immigration and Armed Forces and National Security; bills go to Finance and Financial Sector and International Affairs.

  • He talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Health Care Coverage (Health), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Tariffs (Taxation).
  • 85 bills sponsored, most on Finance and Financial Sector.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairEnergy and Water Development SubcommitteeAppropriations
ChairEconomic Policy SubcommitteeBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
MemberBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee5th majority
MemberBudget Committee7th majority

+2 more on Background

Chair of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee, more senior than 27% of the Senate, in the majority.

  • 9 years in Congress: more senior than 27% of the Senate.
  • Majority: Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

15% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Kennedy.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

15% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Banks and Hagerty.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 77 · expected 59.5
Action in committee 8 · expected 8
Beyond committee 6 · expected 6
Passed Senate 5 · expected 1.5
Became law 4 · expected 0.5
EffectivenessRank 4 of 100 in the Senate

2.93expected 0.96 · average member 1.00

5 of 77 bills passed the Senate; 4 became law; effectiveness 2.93 against a peer median of 0.96.

  • On the move: S. 269 (became law), S. 616 (became law), S.J.Res. 13 (became law).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.56
Armed Forces & National Security2 of 42

With his party on the other 13 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 5 times (peer median 4), most on Armed Forces & National Security.

  • Position: +0.56, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Armed Forces & National Security 2 of 42, Economics and Public Finance 2 of 182.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Kennedy$11.9M raised72%17%10%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

89% of what he raised came from individuals; 72% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$11.9M raised, 1% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

12 PACs of the 25 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Space Exploration Technologies11% D
  2. Regions Financial36% D
  3. Arenholz0% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

28 bills

Kennedy voted Yea on 11, and sponsored or cosponsored 17 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.