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U.S. Senator from Kentucky · Class II

Mitch McConnell

Republican 7th term Not running · open seat Chair · Joint Committee of Congress on the LibraryChair · PrintingChair · Rules and Administration

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$279K raised · top PACs: Freedom Fund, Johnson & Johnson, Scott Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 13 of 177 party-line votes (7%; most Republicans: 1%)
97LoyaltyMed 100
85AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 9
25BreaksMed 2
In office
Senate 1985–now
41 years in CongressMore senior than 95% of the Senate
Committees
  • Rules and Administration Chair
  • Printing Chair
  • Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 2nd majority
Age
84

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1821416891525
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—8210869169

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 →
Armed Forces and National Security 42% no bills
Government Operations and Politics 13% 21%
Congress no statements 36%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Emergency Management; bills go to Congress and Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Tariffs (Taxation), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 14 bills sponsored, most on Congress.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairRules and Administration CommitteeFull committee
ChairJoint Committee on PrintingJoint committee
ChairFood and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research SubcommitteeAgriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
ChairDepartment of Defense SubcommitteeAppropriations

+3 more on Background

Chair of the Rules and Administration Committee, more senior than 95% of the Senate, in the majority.

  • 41 years in Congress: more senior than 95% of the Senate.
  • Majority: Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

14% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

14% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Armstrong and Boozman.

  • 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 7 · expected 50
Action in committee 3 · expected 8
Beyond committee 2 · expected 6.5
Passed Senate 1 · expected 1
Became law 1 · expected 1
EffectivenessRank 75 of 100 in the Senate

0.49expected 1.11 · average member 1.00

1 of 7 bills passed the Senate; 1 became law; effectiveness 0.49 against a peer median of 1.11.

  • On the move: S. 4530 (became law), S. 2572 (out of committee).
  • 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 +0.40
Nominations5 of 167

With his party on the other 14 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 97% of party-line votes, breaks 25 times (peer median 4), most on Nominations.

  • Position: +0.40, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 13 of 177, Nominations 5 of 167, Immigration 2 of 32.

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

McConnell$279K raised88%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

7% of what he raised came from individuals; 6% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$279K raised, 5% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2020): won by 19.5 points.

None of McConnell’s PACs belong to organizations that lobbied on a narrow bill he voted on, cosponsored or sponsored in this cycle; 1 belongs to an organization that lobbied only on broad must-pass bills.

Top lobbying issues of the organization behind one of the PACs that gave to him: Health, Medicare/Medicaid and Taxation.

  1. Freedom Fund0% D
  2. Johnson & Johnson37% D
  3. Scott0% 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

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

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