Senator · Virginia

Tim Kaine

Tim Kaine is a Democratic senator from Virginia, in Congress since 2013. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 11, and cast 747 of 830 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2013
Term ends
Jan 3, 2031
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9151.2%11 of 915 · rank 73 of 10190%747 of 830 · rank 93 of 1011111 became law29%150 of 523
118th CongressSenate6910.6%4 of 691 · rank 88 of 10199%532 of 536 · rank 28 of 101700 became law23%113 of 484
117th CongressSenate9493.5%33 of 949 · rank 39 of 10099%731 of 737 · rank 37 of 100512 became law17%69 of 415

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.23+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54· Against party
  2. Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 71–29· Against party
  3. Nov 10, 2025· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 60–40· Against party
  4. Nov 10, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 60–40· Against party
  5. Oct 9, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 51–46· Against party
  6. May 6, 2025· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 55–45· Against party
  7. Nov 1, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 52–45· Against party
  8. Oct 25, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 56–42· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22· Against party
  2. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54· Against party
  5. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23· Against party
  9. Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6· Against party
  10. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
  12. Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

232 sponsored · 3 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced19484%
  2. Reported by committee156.5%
  3. Passed one chamber187.8%
  4. Became law31.3%
  5. Failed20.9%

Policy areas

  1. International Affairs74
  2. Health34
  3. Education17
  4. Public Lands and Natural Resources16
  5. Labor and Employment15
  6. Armed Forces and National Security14
  7. Taxation11
  8. Crime and Law Enforcement7

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$787.8K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$2.2M
From committees
$125.7K
64 committees
From contractor PACs
$69.5K
30 PACs · 55% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
serco inc.serco inc. political action committee (serco pac)$10KSERCO INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$1B
american psychological association services inc. (apasi)psychology pac of american psychological association services inc.$10KAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$710.8K
relx inc.relx inc. political action committee$5,000RELX INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization$45M
boehringer ingelheim usa corporationboehringer ingelheim usa corporation political action committee (boehringer pac)$5,000BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ANIMAL HEALTH USA INCAI match · 99% · of one corporate family$3.5M
framatome inc.framatome inc pac$3,000FRAMATOME INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$1.9M
booz allen hamilton inc.booz allen hamilton inc. pac (booz allen pac)$3,000BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$5.6B
johnson & johnsonjohnson & johnson political action committee$2,500JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family—
pfizer inc.pfizer inc. pac$2,500PFIZER INCAI match · 100% · the same organization-$140.2K
anheuser-busch companies inc.anheuser-busch companies llc political action committee$2,500ANHEUSER-BUSCH, LLCAI match · 99% · the same organization—
cargill, incorporatedcargill, incorporated political action committee$2,500CARGILL, INCORPORATEDAI match · 100% · the same organization$35.4M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$787.8K$125.7K$69.5K30 PACs · 55% of committee money
2024$18.3M$2.1M$544K114 PACs · 25% of committee money
2022$2.3M$259.7K$97.8K36 PACs · 38% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · VirginiaJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031
  2. Senate · VirginiaJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. Senate · VirginiaJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
231 Russell Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.