Personal attacks
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138
votes against the majority of Senate Republicans
Party unity 88%, in the bottom 5% of Senate Republicans (average 98.4%). 915 roll calls in the 119th Congress.
Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Paul voted with the majority of Senate Republicans; it is ranked among Senate Republicans. The count covers every roll call where Paul voted opposite that majority.
At a glance
6 measures against Senate Republicans. 31% of Paul’s statements criticize a policy, 1.8 times the Senate Republican average of 17%. 4.3% of Paul’s statements use bipartisan language, in the bottom tenth of Senate Republicans (average 13%).
The measures on which Paul sits furthest from the middle of Senate Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.
Party unity
88%
Senate Republicans average 98.4% · ranks 51st of 53 · 138 votes against the majority of Senate Republicans
Policy criticism
31%
Senate Republicans average 17% · ranks 3rd of 52
Bipartisanship
4.3%
Senate Republicans average 13% · ranks 49th of 52
Personal attacks
5.3%
Senate Republicans average 2.1% · ranks 7th of 52
Credit claiming
25%
Senate Republicans average 36% · ranks 46th of 52
CSIP ideology
+1.09
Right of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.01
Peer group: Senate Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Paul, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Paul is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
What Paul says
Paul stresses bipartisanship less than 92% of Senate Republicans. Bipartisanship in 4.3% of 2,972 statements, against 13% for the average Senate Republican; 49th of 52.
An AI model reads each of Paul’s 2,972 statements in the 119th Congress (2,706 posts on X, 132 Congressional Record speeches, 89 press releases, 45 newsletters) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for Senate Republicans and ranked among them.
Kinds of statement
Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress
0%80%
Paul
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,977 statements
67%
70%
38th of 52
Policy criticism935 statements
31%
17%
3rd of 52
Credit claiming728 statements
25%
36%
46th of 52
Personal attacks156 statements
5%
2%
7th of 52
Bipartisanship129 statements
4%
13%
49th of 52
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| Row | Paul | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 67% | 70% |
| Policy criticism | 31% | 17% |
| Credit claiming | 25% | 36% |
| Personal attacks | 5% | 2% |
| Bipartisanship | 4% | 13% |
2,972
statements classified
2,706 posts on X, 132 Congressional Record speeches, 89 press releases, 45 newsletters.
Show the data
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 2,706 |
| Congressional Record speeches | 132 |
| press releases | 89 |
| newsletters | 45 |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is Paul; the thin grey bar is the average Senate Republicans. A longer thick bar means Paul does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Extreme labels
Paul used extreme labels in 2.4% of statements, below the peer average. 70 statements, most often aimed at Democrats; peers 2.9%.
- “far left”10
- “radical”10
- “extreme”4
- “woke”3
- “MAGA”2
Who gets the labels
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
- Democrats7
- Left4
- far-left3
- America First2
- Andy Beshear2
What an extreme label is
Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.
Month by month
Share of statements per month, the 119th Congress
Show the data
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 57 | 3.5% | 33.3% | 79.0% | 19.3% | 47.4% | 7.0% |
| Feb ’25 | 62 | 4.8% | 37.1% | 67.7% | 9.7% | 29.0% | 4.8% |
| Mar ’25 | 67 | 1.5% | 44.8% | 80.6% | 25.4% | 40.3% | 7.5% |
| Apr ’25 | 74 | 6.8% | 52.7% | 74.3% | 13.5% | 35.1% | 1.4% |
| May ’25 | 94 | 6.4% | 45.7% | 74.5% | 3.2% | 20.2% | 2.1% |
| Jun ’25 | 131 | 4.6% | 51.1% | 77.9% | 3.8% | 29.8% | 0.0% |
| Jul ’25 | 106 | 4.7% | 49.1% | 70.8% | 5.7% | 18.9% | 0.0% |
| Aug ’25 | 37 | 2.7% | 46.0% | 64.9% | 5.4% | 16.2% | 2.7% |
| Sep ’25 | 121 | 9.9% | 43.0% | 62.0% | 8.3% | 28.1% | 1.7% |
| Oct ’25 | 131 | 5.3% | 55.0% | 72.5% | 9.9% | 22.9% | 9.2% |
| Nov ’25 | 104 | 1.9% | 55.8% | 70.2% | 2.9% | 26.0% | 3.9% |
| Dec ’25 | 106 | 0.9% | 44.3% | 83.0% | 1.9% | 26.4% | 1.9% |
| Jan ’26 | 175 | 2.9% | 24.6% | 77.1% | 2.9% | 23.4% | 0.6% |
| Feb ’26 | 81 | 2.5% | 32.1% | 63.0% | 1.2% | 18.5% | 8.6% |
| Mar ’26 | 194 | 1.6% | 34.0% | 59.8% | 4.6% | 35.6% | 2.1% |
| Apr ’26 | 274 | 1.8% | 21.5% | 69.3% | 2.9% | 25.9% | 0.7% |
| May ’26 | 233 | 6.4% | 26.2% | 57.5% | 2.6% | 30.0% | 4.3% |
| Jun ’26 | 254 | 5.9% | 29.1% | 54.7% | 2.4% | 28.0% | 2.8% |
| Jul ’26 | 267 | 11.2% | 7.1% | 53.6% | 0.8% | 11.6% | 0.0% |
| Aug ’26 | 170 | 14.1% | 17.1% | 68.2% | 0.6% | 18.2% | 0.6% |
| Sep ’26 | 161 | 1.9% | 19.3% | 68.9% | 1.2% | 14.9% | 1.2% |
| Oct ’26 | 73 | 4.1% | 11.0% | 60.3% | 1.4% | 5.5% | 0.0% |
How to read the strips
Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the 119th Congress, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.
In Paul’s words
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Bipartisanship
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Oct 20, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Agriculture and Food; Energy; Commerce · Source
Extreme label
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Sep 28, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; Economics and Public Finance; Energy; Commerce; extreme label “far left” aimed at agenda · Source
Examples by category
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · target: FauciSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Economics and Public Finance · target: socialism supportersSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · target: Anthony Fauci, Francis CollinsSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · Science, Technology, Communications · target: FauciSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Immigration · extreme label “radical” aimed at DSA, Mamdani · target: MamdaniSource
All 2,972 statements
Newest first, the 119th Congress
The full feed
Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 2,706 posts on X, 132 Congressional Record speeches, 89 press releases, 45 newsletters.
Policy
Economics and Public Finance is what Paul talks about most: 31% of policy statements, 1.8 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.64 on a 0–1 scale (Senate Republicans average 0.64; 34th of 52).
Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Paul talks about. The bills Paul sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
What Paul talks about
Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress
0%35%
Paul
Peers
Economics and Public Finance609 statements
31%
17%
Government Operations and Politics494 statements
25%
19%
Health434 statements
22%
15%
Armed Forces and National Security321 statements
16%
25%
Immigration255 statements
13%
10%
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| Row | Paul | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Economics and Public Finance | 31% | 17% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 25% | 19% |
| Health | 22% | 15% |
| Armed Forces and National Security | 16% | 25% |
| Immigration | 13% | 10% |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is the share of Paul’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for Senate Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Talks about · legislates on
Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the Senate Republicans averages.
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| Area | Talks about | Senate Republicans, talks about | Legislates on | Senate Republicans, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics and Public Finance | 31% | 17% | 6% | 1% |
| Government Operations and Politics | 25% | 19% | 21% | 11% |
| Health | 22% | 15% | 16% | 11% |
| Armed Forces and National Security | 16% | 25% | 2% | 8% |
| Immigration | 13% | 10% | 6% | 4% |
0.64
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
Senate Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 34th of 52.
What agreement means, and what it doesn’t
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Paul legislates on exactly the areas Paul talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Paul sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology
Paul sits at +1.09 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 75% of Senate Republicans. Approximate range +1.08 to +1.11, which understates the uncertainty; from 31,495 donors and 4,765 roll calls.
CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.
+1.09
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range +1.08 to +1.11. From 31,495 donors and 4,765 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Paul, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Paul’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.
Where Paul sits
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
Senate Republicans51 · median +1.0
All Senate98 · median +0.4
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| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Paul |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Republicans | 51 | +1.0 | 75% |
| All Senate | 98 | +0.4 | 87% |
How to read the strips
Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Paul in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Paul.
Money
Paul raised $4.6M in the 2026 cycle, above the Senate Republicans’ median of $3.2M. 31% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 12% of itemized individual money came from Kentucky.
Campaign money from Federal Election Commission filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only.
$4.6M
raised in the 2026 cycle
From 7,275 itemized donors. Senate Republicans’ median $3.2M.
Where the money came from
Each square is one percent of 2026-cycle receipts, from FEC summary totals.
- Itemized individual (over $200)59 squares$2.7M
- Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)26 squares$1.2M
- PACs and other committees2 squares$100.5K
- Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)13 squares$617.2K
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| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Itemized individual (over $200) | $2.7M | 58.5% |
| Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less) | $1.2M | 25.8% |
| PACs and other committees | $100.5K | 2.2% |
| Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds) | $617.2K | 13.5% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind. The small-donor share understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.
Receipts by cycle
Total receipts, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the Senate Republicans’ median for 2026.
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2020 cycle | $2.6M |
| 2022 cycle | $25.0M |
| 2024 cycle | $8.5M |
| 2026 cycle | $4.6M |
Top donor states, 2026
Itemized contributions by donor state. 12% came from Kentucky.
- Kentucky$322.0K
- California$270.3K
- Texas$241.0K
- Florida$191.3K
- Illinois$89.8K
Small donations
Gifts of $200 or less as a share of individual money, by cycle. The thin grey bar is the 2026 Senate Republicans’ median.
0%60%
Paul
Median
2026
31%
17%
2024
56%
17%
2022
58%
17%
2020
47%
17%
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| Row | Paul | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 cycle | 31% | 17% |
| 2024 cycle | 56% | 17% |
| 2022 cycle | 58% | 17% |
| 2020 cycle | 47% | 17% |
Where itemized donors live
Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state
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| State | Value |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | $322.0K |
| California | $270.3K |
| Texas | $241.0K |
| Florida | $191.3K |
| Illinois | $89.8K |
| Pennsylvania | $84.7K |
| Arizona | $75.2K |
| Michigan | $70.1K |
| Virginia | $68.8K |
| Colorado | $65.0K |
| New York | $64.8K |
| Missouri | $64.7K |
| North Carolina | $62.2K |
| Ohio | $60.3K |
| New Jersey | $58.1K |
| Washington | $55.2K |
| Minnesota | $54.2K |
| Georgia | $51.1K |
| Indiana | $51.0K |
| Massachusetts | $48.6K |
| South Carolina | $42.7K |
| Maryland | $38.7K |
| Wisconsin | $38.5K |
| Tennessee | $35.1K |
| Oregon | $32.0K |
| Nevada | $26.4K |
| Alabama | $25.1K |
| Nebraska | $24.5K |
| Louisiana | $23.2K |
| Iowa | $23.1K |
| Oklahoma | $20.6K |
| District of Columbia | $19.4K |
| Utah | $16.6K |
| Kansas | $16.2K |
| New Mexico | $15.8K |
| Connecticut | $14.5K |
| Idaho | $13.4K |
| New Hampshire | $13.1K |
| Vermont | $11.8K |
| West Virginia | $11.7K |
| Mississippi | $11.1K |
| Montana | $10.2K |
| Arkansas | $9,683 |
| Alaska | $7,964 |
| Hawaii | $6,130 |
| South Dakota | $6,072 |
| Maine | $5,318 |
| Delaware | $4,639 |
| Wyoming | $4,455 |
| North Dakota | $2,497 |
| Rhode Island | $1,424 |
7,275
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
12%
from Kentucky
Of itemized individual dollars
How to read the map
Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Kentucky. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Donors’ ideology
Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CSIP −1.25 to −1.00 | 0.2% |
| CSIP −1.00 to −0.75 | 0.0% |
| CSIP −0.75 to −0.50 | 0.3% |
| CSIP −0.50 to −0.25 | 0.7% |
| CSIP −0.25 to 0.00 | 0.4% |
| CSIP 0.00 to +0.25 | 0.4% |
| CSIP +0.25 to +0.50 | 1.1% |
| CSIP +0.50 to +0.75 | 2.6% |
| CSIP +0.75 to +1.00 | 20% |
| CSIP +1.00 to +1.25 | 73% |
| CSIP +1.25 to +1.50 | 1.4% |
| CSIP +1.50 to +1.75 | 0.0% |
How to read the columns
Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Paul’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Paul’s own score is +1.09.
Top donor occupations
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- RETIRED$1.7M 5,641 donors
- FARMER$80.8K 84 donors
- CEO$74.7K 40 donors
- HOMEMAKER$48.7K 125 donors
- PHYSICIAN$33.3K 60 donors
Top committees
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
- TRUE NORTH PAC$10.0K
- PITNEY BOWES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,500
- ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,045
- ALAMO PAC$5,000
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PA PAC)$5,000
Top employers
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- WALMART$3,456 5 donors
- UPS$1,145 6 donors
- IBM$875 4 donors
- BOEING$651 3 donors
- LOCKHEED MARTIN$361 3 donors
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Votes
Paul voted with the majority of Senate Republicans on 88% of party-line votes and missed 4.5% of 915 roll calls. Senate Republicans on average: 98.4% party unity, 97.1% attendance. Across all roll calls, Paul voted against the majority of Senate Republicans 138 times.
915 roll calls Paul could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with Senate Republicans. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Paul voted with the majority of Senate Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
138
votes against the majority of Senate Republicans
Party unity 88%, Senate Republicans average 98.4%, ranks 51st of 53. 915 roll calls in the 119th Congress.
Attendance and party unity
The thick bar is Paul, the thin grey bar the Senate Republicans average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
80%100%
Paul
Peers
Rank
Attendance
95.5%
97.1%
45th of 53
Party unity
88%
98.4%
51st of 53
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| Row | Paul | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 95.5% | 97.1% |
| Party unity | 88% | 98.4% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.
Key votes
25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the 119th Congress
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | S. 4668 A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes. On Passage of the Bill | Nay | Against majority | Bill Passed | D 26–19 · R 50–2 · I 1–1Democrats 26 yea, 19 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 nay | party crossover |
| Sep 24, 2026 | H.Con.Res. 89 A concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. On the Concurrent Resolution | Yea | Against majority | Concurrent Resolution Rejected | D 43–1 · R 4–49 · I 2–0Democrats 43 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 4 yea, 49 nay; Independents 2 yea, 0 nay | close vote |
| Aug 8, 2026 | H.R. 6500 An act making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes. On Passage of the Bill | Nay | Against majority | Bill Passed | D 42–3 · R 47–2 · I 1–1Democrats 42 yea, 3 nay; Republicans 47 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 nay | became law |
| Aug 7, 2026 | H.R. 5334 An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes. On Passage of the Bill | Nay | Against majority | Bill Passed | D 36–9 · R 49–1 · I 1–1Democrats 36 yea, 9 nay; Republicans 49 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 nay | became law · party crossover |
| Jul 30, 2026 | S.Res. 817 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. On the Resolution | Yea | With majority | Resolution Agreed to | D 0–45 · R 50–0 · I 0–2Democrats 0 yea, 45 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 0 nay; Independents 0 yea, 2 nay | close vote |
How key votes are chosen
Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.
Votes most often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Paul most often
- Rick ScottR869 shared votes87%
- Ron JohnsonR861 shared votes87%
- Mike LeeR846 shared votes87%
- Ted CruzR826 shared votes86%
- Tommy TubervilleR820 shared votes86%
Votes least often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Paul least often
- Mazie HironoD867 shared votes14%
- Patty MurrayD823 shared votes14%
- Catherine Cortez MastoD855 shared votes14%
- Tina SmithD831 shared votes14%
- Jeff MerkleyD864 shared votes14%
How to read the agreement lists
The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.
Full voting record
119th Congress (2025–27), loads in batches
Legislation
Paul sponsored 58 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 78 others. 16% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Senate Republicans average 22%; 34th of 51).
The bills Paul sponsored and cosponsored in the 119th Congress, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.
Bills by stage
Counts for the 119th Congress
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| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 58 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cosponsored | 78 | 75 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
How to read the blocks
Ink blocks are bills Paul sponsored, ochre blocks bills Paul cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
16%
of sponsored bills got out of committee
Senate Republicans average 22%. Ranks 34th of 51.
Cosponsorship partners
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Paul, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.
- Mike Lee25
- Marsha Blackburn18
- Rick Scott18
- Cynthia Lummis17
- Ted Cruz13
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Paul’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Bill list
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| S. 5589 | No United States Aid for Terrorism Act | Sponsor | Sep 29, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Sep 29, 2026 |
| S.Res. 913 | A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas. | Cosponsor | Sep 28, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Government Operations and Politics | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5064-5065; text: CR S5074-5075) Sep 28, 2026 |
| S.J.Res. 217 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of certain defense articles and services. | Sponsor | Sep 24, 2026 | In committee | International Affairs | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Sep 24, 2026 |
| S.Res. 897 | A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona. | Cosponsor | Sep 23, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Government Operations and Politics | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4958; text: CR S4951-4952) Sep 23, 2026 |
| S.Con.Res. 40 | A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036. | Sponsor | Sep 22, 2026 | In committee | Economics and Public Finance | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 677. Sep 22, 2026 |
Online
A site that changed 44 times in 90 days. Paul’s official site had 30 pages when last crawled on Oct 18, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Paul posted on Oct 22, 2026.
The lab crawls Paul’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Paul posts with a vision model.
Websites
- 30
pages crawled
44changes in 90 days
How to read the counts
“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.
Social accounts
- XSenRandPaul
- FacebookSenatorRandPaul
- Instagramsenatorrandpaul
- YouTubeSenatorRandPaul
- Emailnewsletter@paul.senate.gov
Images Paul posted
The latest 24, with model-written descriptions
A screenshot of a news article page with a headline and summary above a photograph of Elon Musk in a tuxedo, standing with both arms outstretched in front of a branded event backdrop. The page includes interface icons and engagement controls.View post 
A man in a blue blazer speaks at a podium with a microphone in a meeting room. Several people are seated behind him. The podium bears a circular seal with text.View post 
A man speaks at a clear lectern during an indoor gathering, with several people seated behind him. The lectern bears a county seal, and there is text on it.View post 
A smiling woman in a red sleeveless dress stands beside a man in a dark blue button-up shirt and white shorts. They pose in front of a gray paneled wall. Part of another person is visible at the left edge. No text is visible.View post 
A warm, misty sunrise over a fenced Kentucky pasture, with a horse grazing beneath a large tree. Decorative lettering overlays the scene, and a small political campaign-style logo appears in the lower-right corner.View post
About the descriptions
Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Methods and sources
How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.
The headline
The headline is the measure on which Paul is most unusual among Senate Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.
The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.
A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).
Identifiers
- Profile id
- P000603
- Bioguide
- P000603
- FEC candidate ids
- S0KY00156
Bulk files with the same data for every official:
Freshness of this profile’s data
- What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
- Roll calls (Congress)Sep 30, 202628 days agoVoteview roll calls, 113th Congress (2013) on.
- Bills (Congress)Oct 22, 20266 days agoGovInfo BILLSTATUS: sponsors, cosponsors, actions, CRS policy area.
- Campaign money (FEC)Oct 22, 20266 days agoFEC committee financial summaries (totals, small donations) and itemized contributions (donor counts, states, employers), cycles 2020-2026; aggregates only.
- Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
- WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
- ImagesOct 28, 2026todayImages in members' tweets with vision-model descriptions.
How the measures work
- What politicians say
- Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
- Extreme labels
- A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
- Policy areas and agreement
- Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
- Ideology (CSIP)
- Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
- Campaign money
- Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
- Votes and key votes
- Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
- Peers and ranks
- Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.
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