U.S. Senate · Kentucky

Sen. Rand Paul

Republican Serving since Jan. 5, 2011Term ends Jan. 3, 2029
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Votes with own party 88% 11 pts below expected Lower than 50 of 53 Senate Republicans Votes with the President 84% 15 pts below expected 53% on legislation only Bipartisan bills led 24 More than 24% of Senate members Liberal-to-conservative rank 99thpercentile in all of Congress · 98th percentile among Republicans

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the Senate. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Rand Paul's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress99thpercentile
More conservative than 99% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
6th most conservative of 531
Republicans in Congress98thpercentile
More conservative than 98% of Republicans in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
6th most conservative of 272
The Senate97thpercentile
More conservative than 96% of Senate members.
Most liberalMost conservative
4th most conservative of 100

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
88%
Q1 2025: 94% → Q3 2026: 89%

Lower than 50 of 53 Senate Republicans.

Actual88%
Expected99%
Difference−11 pts

Expected is the typical score for senators of the same party whose states voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 65%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is Rand Paul. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

On 798 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 88%See the 798 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
84%all votes
Q1 2025: 90% → Q3 2026: 70%

Lowest of all 53 Senate Republicans.

Actual84%
Expected99%
Difference−15 pts

Expected is the typical score for senators of the same party whose states voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is Rand Paul. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

Based on 293 votes53% on legislation onlySee the 293 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Rand Paul went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the Senate this Congress, with how Rand Paul voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell voted the same way on 83% of votes.

Kentucky

Kentucky's delegation →

How Kentucky voted for president in 2024

Harris 34.0%Trump 64.5%

Contact

Phone
202-224-4343
Office
295 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Contact form
www.paul.senate.gov

Issue by issue

How often Rand Paul votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Rand Paul sides with their party least often on Foreign Trade and International Finance (0%) and International Affairs (26%).

Rand PaulAverage for Senate Republicans
  1. Foreign Trade and International Finance 0%Average 94% · 6 votes
  2. International Affairs 26%Average 97% · 27 votes
  3. Finance and Financial Sector 53%Average 97% · 19 votes
  4. Armed Forces and National Security 67%Average 95% · 9 votes
  5. Economics and Public Finance 79%Average 96% · 181 votes
  6. Nominations 96%Average 100% · 422 votes
  7. Immigration 100%Average 96% · 33 votes
  8. Environmental Protection 100%Average 100% · 18 votes
  9. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 99% · 15 votes
  10. Energy 100%Average 100% · 12 votes
  11. Congress 100%Average 100% · 12 votes
  12. Government Operations and Politics 100%Average 99% · 10 votes
  13. Transportation and Public Works 100%Average 100% · 11 votes
  14. Taxation 100%Average 99% · 7 votes

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Sports and Recreation (4 votes), Health (4 votes), Emergency Management (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (2 votes), Education (2 votes), Crime and Law Enforcement (1 vote), Families (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

3 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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