Sheldon Whitehouse
DSen. RI · U.S. Senate · 4 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Whitehouse sits more conservative than 27% of the Senate and more liberal than 72%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what Whitehousesays 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.
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade$5K
- THE ASCAP LEGISLATIVE FUND FOR THE ARTSOther / unclassified$5K
- ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$4K
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATER COMPANIES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NAWC - PAC)Trade$4K
- INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INTA PAC)Trade$4K
- AMERICAN SPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade$3K
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSOther / unclassified$3K
- NATIONAL ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NAPA-PAC)Trade$3K
- Trade50%
- Other / unclassified21%
- Labor16%
- Corporate9%
- Membership4%
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$12K
- Construction & engineering$9K
- Energy & utilities$4K
- Health & medicine$3K
- Manufacturing$2K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 53% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleWhitehouse's campaign has spent $525K across 533 reported disbursements.
- Events & fundraising$203K 39%
- Consulting & research$112K 21%
- Other$106K 20%
- Payroll & admin$71K 14%
- Advertising & media$33K 6%
- Travel & lodging$558 0%
- CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONSULTANTS, INC.$133K
- ASSEMBLE THE AGENCY, LLC$53K
- AMERICAN EXPRESS$52K
- EVERYACTION, INC.$48K
- KEMPENAAR'S CLAMBAKE CLUB$42K
- MCCABE, MEAGHAN E.$30K
- KEMPENAAR'S CLAMBAKE CLUBMIDDLETOWN, RI$42K
- CARVALHO, FERNANDOWARWICK, RI$250
- PEPIN, DANIELBLACKSTONE, MA$250
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 71 · from Manhattan.
Sheldon Whitehouse is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1993 to 1998, and as the 71st attorney general of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2003. He was elected to the Senate in 2006, defeating Republican incumbent Lincoln Chafee. He was reelected in 2012, 2018, and 2024.
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 Whitehouse's filings:
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksRanking Member
- United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics ControlChairman
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Senate Committee on the Budget
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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.
Last election
· 2024 cycle- Patricia L MorganRepublicanChallenger
Patricia L. Morgan is an American politician and former Republican member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing district 26 from 2021 to 2025. She formerly represented district 26 from 2011 until 2019, where she chose not to run again. (Wikipedia ↗)
$296Kraised ↗ - Raymond Tyler McKayRepublicanChallenger$154Kraised ↗
+ 1 other minor candidate 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 Sheldon 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
- MissedJuly 29, 2026S.Res. 817On the Cloture Motion
- MissedJuly 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.
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