Jack Reed
DSen. RI · U.S. Senate · 8 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Reed sits more conservative than 20% of the Senate and more liberal than 79%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what Reedsays they stand for so you can hold it against the record above. We don't put words in anyone's mouth or declare a promise “kept” or “broken” — where there's no published, structured position to compare, we leave it to you rather than invent a verdict.
Contact
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- VICTORY NOW PACOther / unclassified$10K
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$10K
- WATERPAC - NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL COMMITTEETrade$10K
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERALCorporate$10K
- BLUE ORIGIN LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLUE ORIGIN PAC)Corporate$10K
- EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PACCorporate$10K
- ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEOther / unclassified$10K
- COMMON GROUND PACOther / unclassified$10K
- Other / unclassified40%
- Corporate35%
- Labor12%
- Trade9%
- Membership5%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Labor unions$97K
- Defense & aerospace$45K
- Health & medicine$42K
- Technology$39K
- Telecom & media$36K
- Finance & banking$34K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 55% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleReed's campaign has spent $736K across 355 reported disbursements.
- Events & fundraising$491K 67%
- Consulting & research$135K 18%
- Payroll & admin$59K 8%
- Other$26K 4%
- Advertising & media$22K 3%
- Travel & lodging$3K 0%
- THE KAUFFMAN GROUP$293K
- JULIE ANDREWS & ASSOCIATES, LLC$122K
- CAPITOL COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATES, INC.$83K
- TRILOGY INTERACTIVE LLC$52K
- RHODES ON THE PAWTUXET$42K
- ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES$41K
- RHODES ON THE PAWTUXETCRANSTON, RI · 2 payments$42K
- PARTRIDGE, WARINGNEWPORT, RI · 2 payments$8K
- THE UNIVERSITY CLUBBUFFALO, NY$7K
- PARTRIDGE, CARMENNEWPORT, RI$4K
- CHOUAKE, BENJAMIN S.ENGLEWOOD, NJ$2K
- KAUFFMAN, HANNAHWASHINGTON, DC$2K
- ROGERS, PATRICK A.RUMFORD, RI$1K
- MCAULIFFE, RICHARDEAST GREENWICH, RI$886
These are the venues, caterers, and hotels the campaign paidfor events — the money trail to where fundraising happened, with the vendor's city and state. It is not a guest list or attendance: who came, who hosted, and “what the crowd was like” aren't in any public record, so we don't guess at them.
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents Rhode Island · age 77 · from Providence.
John Francis Reed is an American politician, lawyer, and former Army officer serving as the senior United States senator from Rhode Island, a seat he was first elected to in 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district from 1991 to 1997. Reed graduated from the United States Military Academy and Harvard University. He served in the U.S. Army on active duty as an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division from 1971 to 1979 and as a reservist from 1979 to 1991, retiring with the rank of Major. He has been the dean of…
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
Senators disclose their trades through the Senate's system. See Reed's filings:
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- Senate Committee on Armed ServicesRanking Member
- Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceEx Officio
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this Senate seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Next election
· 2026 cycle- Raymond Tyler McKayRepublicanChallenger$140Kraised ↗
- Connor BurbridgeDemocratChallenger$10Kraised ↗
+ 4 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How John actually voted · last 15 bills live
- YeaAugust 5, 2026S.J.Res. 187On the Motion to Proceed
- NayAugust 5, 2026PN730-11On the Cloture Motion
- NayAugust 5, 2026PN932On the Nomination
- NayAugust 5, 2026PN932On the Cloture Motion
- YeaAugust 3, 2026H.R. 6500On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- NayJuly 30, 2026S.Res. 817On the Resolution
- YeaJuly 30, 2026S.J.Res. 181On the Motion to Discharge
- YeaJuly 30, 2026S.J.Res. 199On the Motion to Proceed
- NayJuly 29, 2026S.Res. 817On the Cloture Motion
- YeaJuly 29, 2026H.R. 5334On the Motion to Proceed
- YeaJuly 28, 2026H.R. 5334On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- NayJuly 28, 2026PN1092On the Nomination
- NayJuly 27, 2026PN1092On the Cloture Motion
- NayJuly 23, 2026PN999-5On the Nomination
- NayJuly 23, 2026PN999-6On the Nomination
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
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