Rand Paul
Senator for Kentucky · Republican
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Seats held: Senator for KY, 2011–now.
Kentucky has about 4.6 million residents, represented by two senators.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 13 of 35 surveyed votes where Kentucky's estimated majority was clear.
- Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape: on these votes, Kentucky's estimated opinion was too close to call.
| Survey question | Vote | How they voted | What constituents said | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to contraceptives (Right to Contraception Act) | June 5, 2024 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (69.6% support, likely 65.4–73.9%) | Against the majority |
| Renew post-9/11 surveillance programs that allow searching electronic data without a warrant (FISA reauthorization) | April 19, 2024 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (32.5% support, likely 28.2–36.8%) | With the majority |
| Recognize same-sex and interracial marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.2% support, likely 48.3–58.1%) | Too close to call |
| Require all federal agencies to recognize same-sex marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.5% support, likely 51–62.1%) | Against the majority |
| Clean-energy tax credits, lower ACA premiums and Medicare drug price negotiation (Inflation Reduction Act) | August 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (58.4% support, likely 54.4–62.5%) | Against the majority |
| $52 billion for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research (CHIPS and Science Act) | July 27, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60% support, likely 56–64.1%) | Against the majority |
| Increase spending on mental health and school safety, and tighten gun background checks for buyers under 21 (Bipartisan Safer Communities Act) | June 23, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (85.2% support, likely 80.9–89.5%) | Against the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (second wording) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (59.5% support, likely 54–65.1%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (67.3% support, likely 61.9–72.6%) | Against the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (59.5% support, likely 55.5–63.6%) | Against the majority |
| Appoint Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (43.4% support, likely 39.3–47.6%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (79.4% support, likely 74.5–84.2%) | Against the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (83.2% support, likely 80–86.4%) | Against the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (75.7% support, likely 71.1–80.3%) | Against the majority |
| Increase federal spending on high-tech research and development (U.S. Innovation and Competition Act) | June 8, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.1% support, likely 48–58.2%) | Too close to call |
| Establish a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol | May 28, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (47.5% support, likely 42.4–52.6%) | Too close to call |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.1% support, likely 49–57.2%) | Too close to call |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.4% support, likely 48.3–58.6%) | Too close to call |
| Impeach and convict President Trump (January 2021) | February 13, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (43.3% support, likely 34.4–52.1%) | Too close to call |
| CARES Act ($2 trillion in coronavirus relief, March 2020) | March 25, 2020 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (88% support, likely 85.3–90.8%) | Didn't vote |
| Remove President Trump from office for obstruction of Congress | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (34.7% support, likely 30.7–38.7%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for abuse of power | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (34.5% support, likely 30.6–38.5%) | With the majority |
| Build a wall on the southern border | March 14, 2019 · official record | Yea (against the proposal) | Too close to call (51% support, likely 49.2–52.9%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.4% support, likely 49.4–57.4%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51.8% support, likely 46.2–57.4%) | Too close to call |
| Appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (56.6% support, likely 52.4–60.8%) | With the majority |
| Repeal only the Affordable Care Act's requirement that everyone have health insurance | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (43.5% support, likely 39.5–47.6%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.9% support, likely 63–70.8%) | With the majority |
| Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea | July 27, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (77.2% support, likely 73.7–80.7%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Require the President to get Congress's approval to ease sanctions on Russia | July 27, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.6% support, likely 60.7–68.6%) | Against the majority |
| Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea) | July 27, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (74.1% support, likely 68.2–80%) | Against the majority |
| Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (46.8% support, likely 42.5–51%) | Too close to call |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.7% support, likely 47.5–59.9%) | Too close to call |
| Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (government funding through September 2017) | May 4, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (66.1% support, likely 60–72.2%) | Against the majority |
| Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (54% support, likely 49.9–58%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (56.8% support, likely 50.7–63%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.8% support, likely 42.6–55.1%) | Too close to call |
| Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) | December 9, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (78.3% support, likely 74.6–82.1%) | Against the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (63.7% support, likely 59.3–68%) | With the majority |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (80.5% support, likely 76.8–84.1%) | Against the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (51.2% support, likely 46.8–55.6%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (54.1% support, likely 47.8–60.4%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (74.9% support, likely 68.9–80.9%) | Against the majority |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.1% support, likely 57–71.1%) | Against the majority |
| Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) | April 14, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (67% support, likely 62.8–71.2%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | January 29, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (60.7% support, likely 54.5–67%) | With the majority |
| Raise the debt ceiling | February 12, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (44.9% support, likely 40.3–49.5%) | With the majority |
| Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) | February 4, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.9% support, likely 52.4–61.4%) | Against the majority |
| Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) | May 6, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (46.8% support, likely 40–53.6%) | Too close to call |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (89.3% support, likely 84–94.5%) | Against the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (91.1% support, likely 86.8–95.4%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (62.8% support, likely 58.3–67.4%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (48.4% support, likely 43.8–52.9%) | Too close to call |
| Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) | May 16, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (17.5% support, likely 13.8–21.1%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | March 8, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (76.6% support, likely 72.5–80.7%) | With the majority |
| Let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control for religious or moral reasons (Blunt amendment) | March 1, 2012 · official record | Nay (for the proposal) | Most oppose (38.3% support, likely 33.8–42.8%) | Against the majority |
| U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement | October 12, 2011 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51.5% support, likely 46.9–56.2%) | Too close to call |
Attendance
In the 119th Congress, Rand Paul missed 41 of 915 Senate votes (4.5%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 84.2% of the time.