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Member brief · 119th Congress

Sen. Rand Paul

R · Republican · U.S. Senator, Kentucky1

In Congress
Since 2011 · 15 years
 Next election
Nov 7, 2028
 Committee leadership
Chairman, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

CommitteesForeign Relations; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Chairman, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Small Business and Entrepreneurship2

Participation3

96 / 100

Chamber median 98
874 of 915 roll calls

Party unity3

88 / 100

Chamber median 99
on 798 party-line votes

Cross-party agreement3

16 / 100

Chamber median 9
on 850 contested votes

Ideology score4

+0.88

Chamber median +0.32
−1 left · +1 right

Notable votes and votes by issue

In the full brief: five notable recent votes chosen by a fixed rule (most recent breaks with party first), each with the member’s vote, the party’s position and a source, plus how often Paul votes with the party on each issue.

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Money and lobbying

In the full brief: how many of Paul’s PACs belong to organizations that lobbied on bills Paul voted on or cosponsored, with the dollars beside the chamber median; the top bills; campaign totals and the top PACs.

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Votes most like5

R Rick Scott FL 88% of 848
R Ron Johnson WI 87% of 840
R Mike Lee UT 87% of 826

Share of roll calls both voted on where they voted the same way.

Next race

Nov 7, 2028 · Seat next on the ballot in 20281

Data as of Nov 4, 2026 · votes through Sep 30, 2026 · Method: https://oathstar.com/methodology · Live profile: https://oathstar.com/people/rand-paul

  1. 1. Member record and terms: congress.gov; unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-04. www.congress.gov/people/P000603
  2. 2. Committees: unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-04. github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
  3. 3. Participation, party unity, cross-party agreement, votes by issue: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress, retrieved 2026-11-04. voteview.com/person/41104
  1. 4. Ideology: DW-NOMINATE first dimension, Voteview, 119th Congress. voteview.com/person/41104
  2. 5. Votes most like: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress. voteview.com/data

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