Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

John Kennedy

Official portrait of John Kennedy
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Louisiana (class 3)
Party
Republican
Born
1951
In Congress
Senate since 2017 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Louisiana with the whole state highlighted

Louisiana

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · LouisianaIncumbentWon the general election (61.56%)

FEC candidate ID S4LA00065 · Principal campaign committee: JOHN KENNEDY FOR US

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Louisiana$11,883,071.11Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028
2021–2022U.S. Senate · Louisiana$34,338,881.57Won the general election (61.56%)
Total raised$34,338,881.57
Total spent$30,119,860.38
Cash on hand$9,906,579.67
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $32,141,730.16PACs and other committees: $1,332,064.68Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $582,253.98Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $282,832.75
  • Individual contributions$32,141,730.1694%
  • PACs and other committees$1,332,064.684%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$582,253.982%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$282,832.751%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

277 committees reported giving $1,235,864.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting John Neely Kennedy$224,164.73
  • Independent expenditures opposing John Neely Kennedy$6,122.71
  • Company and union communications to members about John Neely Kennedy$10,432.92

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Louisiana U.S. Senate, 2022 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John Neely Kennedy (R)$34,338,881.57$9,906,579.672022-12-31
Luke Mixon (D)$2,319,898.73$92,193.842022-12-31
Gary Chambers Jr. (D)$1,728,794.32$0.002022-11-28
Syrita Steib (D)$250,624.19$0.002022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)October 10–11, 2022633 (RV)–Gary Chambers 8% · John Kennedy 53% · Luke Mixon 16% · Syrita Steib 6%
Echelon InsightsAugust 31 – September 7, 2022506 (RV)± 6.5%Gary Chambers 16% · John Kennedy 51% · Luke Mixon 8% · Syrita Steib 6%
JMC Analytics (R)March 21–23, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%Gary Chambers 14% · John Kennedy 53% · Luke Mixon 7% · Syrita Steib 3%
JMC Analytics (R)March 21–23, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%Generic Republican 51% · Generic Democrat 33%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States Senate election in Louisiana (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: JOHN KENNEDY FOR US.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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