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Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham

RRepublicanSC · Senator
60
/ 100
Average
Attendance94
Avg: 98
Independence63
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone11
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency11
Avg: 47

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham

RepublicanSC · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.367)
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Lindsey Graham is a Republican Senator from SC. He has served 31 years in Congress across 8 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 36.6% of the time.

31
Years in Office
8
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

36.6%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
194 votes against party
5.6%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
25
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Lindsey Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty-9.5% vs avg
36.6%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes+3.3% vs avg
5.6%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored-4.7 vs avg
25
Avg: 29.7

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

Senate Committee on the BudgetChairSenate Committee on AppropriationsSenate Committee on Environment and Public WorksSenate Committee on the Judiciary

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-05-20

$4,227,769
Cash on Handⓘ
$6,157,141
Total Receiptsⓘ
$17,552,989
Disbursementsⓘ
$1,221,166
Individual Donors
$603,974
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

1995–2003House · SC-3 · Republican
2003–PresentSenate · SC · RepublicanCurrent

State Demographics

SC · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

5,212,774
Population
$67,345
Median Income
39.7
Median Age
31.5%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 64.0%Black 25.3%Hispanic 7.1%Asian 1.7%