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Rand Paul

Rand Paul

RRepublicanKY · Senator
65
/ 100
Above Average
Attendance98
Avg: 98
Independence60
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone18
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency31
Avg: 47

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

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Rand Paul

Rand Paul

RepublicanKY · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.878)
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Rand Paul is a Republican Senator from KY. He has served 15 years in Congress across 3 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 40.2% of the time.

15
Years in Office
3
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

40.2%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
189 votes against party
2.5%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
19
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Rand Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty-5.9% vs avg
40.2%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes+0.2% vs avg
2.5%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored-10.7 vs avg
19
Avg: 29.7

Committee Assignments

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

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsChairSenate Committee on Foreign RelationsSenate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsSenate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$6,810,092
Cash on Handⓘ
$3,312,763
Total Receiptsⓘ
$3,196,268
Disbursementsⓘ
$2,811,814
Individual Donors
$85,546
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2011–PresentSenate · KY · RepublicanCurrent

State Demographics

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

4,510,725
Population
$63,072
Median Income
38.8
Median Age
27.1%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 83.6%Black 7.9%Hispanic 4.7%Asian 1.5%