Kennedy, John
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John Neely Kennedy (born November 21, 1951) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017, as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue from 1996 to 1999, and as special counsel and then cabinet member to Governor Buddy Roemer from 1988 to 1992. Born in Centreville, Mississippi, Kennedy graduated from Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia School of Law before attending Oxford for an additional degree in law. In 1988, Governor Buddy Roemer selected Kennedy to serve as special legal counsel and later appointed him Secretary of the Cabinet. He left Roemer's staff in 1991 to run for state attorney general as a Democrat. In 1999, he was elected state treasurer; he was reelected in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015. Kennedy ran for U.S. Senate in 2004 and 2008. In August 2007, he became a Republican. In 2016, when U.S. senator David Vitter opted not to seek reelection, Kennedy ran for Senate again. He finished first in the November nonpartisan blanket primary and defeated State Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell in the December runoff. He was sworn in on January 3, 2017. Kennedy was one of six Republican senators to object to the certification of Arizona's electors in the 2020 presidential election. In 2022, he was reelected to the Senate. Kennedy is set to become Louisiana's senior senator when Bill Cassidy leaves office in 2027.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Kennedy, John
- First name
- John
- Last name
- Kennedy
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Louisiana U.S. Senate — 2028 General Election 2028-11-07 REP C
- Louisiana U.S. Senate — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2022 cycle
- Coverage
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $34,338,881.57
- Total disbursements
- $30,119,860.38
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $34,338,881.57 in total receipts for the 2022 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $32,141,730.16;Share: 93.6%;Denominator: $34,338,881.57 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $1,332,064.68;Share: 3.9%;Denominator: $34,338,881.57 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $34,338,881.57 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $34,338,881.57 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $582,253.98;Share: 1.7%;Denominator: $34,338,881.57 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $282,832.75;Share: 0.8%;Denominator: $34,338,881.57 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2022 cycle
- $11,426,343.00
- Itemized
- $11,426,343.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 128552 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $11,426,343.00 in the 2022 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2022 | Dollars: $507,639.00;Transactions: 5,133;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2022 | Dollars: $724,808.00;Transactions: 6,659;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2022 | Dollars: $1,301,473.00;Transactions: 9,165;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2022 | Dollars: $774,351.00;Transactions: 6,980;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2022 | Dollars: $965,085.00;Transactions: 8,704;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2022 | Dollars: $949,403.00;Transactions: 8,619;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2022 | Dollars: $798,854.00;Transactions: 9,410;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2022 | Dollars: $1,102,256.00;Transactions: 15,858;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2022 | Dollars: $1,803,685.00;Transactions: 21,826;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2022 | Dollars: $1,652,375.00;Transactions: 26,082;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2022 | Dollars: $767,937.00;Transactions: 9,550;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2022 | Dollars: $78,477.00;Transactions: 566;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $11,426,343.00 across 127,817 reported transactions in the 2022 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $4,798,890.00;Transactions: 118,334 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $1,381,244.00;Transactions: 5,159 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $1,134,468.00;Transactions: 2,134 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $1,353,507.00;Transactions: 1,197 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $2,758,234.00;Transactions: 993 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 18% in district
- District share basis
- $2,021,705.00 in district and $9,404,588.00 out of district; $50.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $50.00 with 2 reported transactions; classified denominator is $11,426,293.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| LA | Dollars: $2,021,705.00;Transactions: 10,987;Denominator: $11,426,293.00 |
| FL | Dollars: $1,384,956.00;Transactions: 14,198;Denominator: $11,426,293.00 |
| TX | Dollars: $1,294,211.00;Transactions: 14,090;Denominator: $11,426,293.00 |
| CA | Dollars: $1,002,689.00;Transactions: 13,289;Denominator: $11,426,293.00 |
| NY | Dollars: $405,867.00;Transactions: 3,950;Denominator: $11,426,293.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $5,316,865.00;Transactions: 72,036;Denominator: $11,426,293.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $50.00;Transactions: 2;Denominator: $11,426,293.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| ARCHER, LYNNE | $26,260.00 | 50 transactions |
| BENJEY, JANE | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| PLEKENPOL, LEROY W | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| ANONYMOUS, ANONYMOUS | $17,311.00 | 789 transactions |
| VALLUZZO, CHARLES | $15,514.00 | 7 transactions |
| WOODMAN, JANE | $12,155.00 | 7 transactions |
| CEDOTAL, CHRISTOPHER | $11,800.00 | 4 transactions |
| RADGOWSKI, STEVEN | $11,675.00 | 12 transactions |
| ARCHER, ROBERT | $11,600.00 | 5 transactions |
| LUDDY, ROBERT L. | $11,600.00 | 5 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $8,096,383.00 | 111365 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $252,836.00 | 230 transactions |
| ARCHER AUTO GROUP | $37,860.00 | 55 transactions |
| APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT | $23,300.00 | 9 transactions |
| BLACKSTONE | $20,305.00 | 8 transactions |
| RELIANCE SYSTEMS INC. | $17,400.00 | 6 transactions |
| OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEM | $11,600.00 | 7 transactions |
| CAPTIVEAIRE INC. | $11,600.00 | 5 transactions |
| BOLD STRATEGIES | $11,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| HANNING & BEAN ENTERPRISES | $10,000.00 | 4 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $143,665.00 | 98 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $143,665.00 and 98 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S4LA00065
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S4LA00065
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S4LA00065
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:K000393
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S4LA00065:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S4LA00065:2028
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- K000393
- fec_candidate_id
- S4LA00065
- fec_candidate_ids
- S4LA00065
- govtrack_id
- 412679
- wikidata_id
- Q6250211