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Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham

RRepublicanSC · Senator
51
/ 100
Average
Attendance93
Avg: 97
Independence24
Avg: 24
Bipartisan Tone7
Avg: 13
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency12
Avg: 46

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

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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 75.7% 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

75.7%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
194 votes against party
6.7%
Missed Votesⓘ
856 total votes
28
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
1 enacted
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How Lindsey Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty-2.2% vs avg
75.7%
Avg: 77.9%
Missed Votes+3.8% vs avg
6.7%
Avg: 2.9%
Bills Sponsored-8.1 vs avg
28
Avg: 36.1

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-06-30

$2,309,800
Cash on Handⓘ
$6,766,156
Total Receiptsⓘ
$20,079,974
Disbursementsⓘ
$1,324,355
Individual Donors
$724,474
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%