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U.S. Senator from Wisconsin · Class III

Ron Johnson

Republican 3rd term Up 2028 Chair · Budget

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.2M raised · top PACs: PAC for America 2, Faspac Fareway Stores, Federation of Exchange Accomodators 1031 Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 2 of 182 party-line votes (1%; most Republicans: 1%)
100LoyaltyMed 100
99AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 9
2BreaksMed 2
In office
Senate 2011–now
15 years in CongressMore senior than 56% of the Senate
Committees
  • Budget Chair
  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 2nd majority
  • Special Committee on Aging 5th majority
Age
71

Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date121220629152
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1601256914

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 29% 23%
Health 29% 27%
Economics and Public Finance 6% 14%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Health and Crime and Law Enforcement; bills go to Health and Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Health Care Coverage (Health), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Government Weaponization (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Wildfire Recovery (Emergency Management).
  • 22 bills sponsored, most on Health.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairBudget CommitteeFull committee
ChairFiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth SubcommitteeFinance
ChairPermanent Subcommittee on InvestigationsHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs
MemberHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee2nd majority

+2 more on Background

Chair of the Budget Committee, more senior than 56% of the Senate, in the majority.

  • 15 years in Congress: more senior than 56% of the Senate.
  • Majority: Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

9% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

9% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Hagerty and Cruz.

  • 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 19 · expected 50
Action in committee 7 · expected 8
Beyond committee 6 · expected 6.5
Passed Senate 0 · expected 1
Became law 0 · expected 1
EffectivenessRank 76 of 100 in the Senate

0.48expected 1.11 · average member 1.00

0 of 19 bills passed the Senate; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.48 against a peer median of 1.11.

  • On the move: S. 252 (out of committee), S. 164 (out of committee), S.Con.Res. 38 (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 +0.65

With his party on all 15 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 9 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 100% of party-line votes, breaks 2 times (peer median 4).

  • Position: +0.65, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: 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

Johnson$1.2M raised61%30%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

91% of what he raised came from individuals; 61% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$1.2M raised, 3% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

3 of the 16 PACs that fund Johnson belong to organizations that also 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 Energy/Nuclear.

  1. PAC for America 20% D
  2. Faspac Fareway Stores13% D
  3. Federation of Exchange Accomodators 103146% 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.