BIOGUIDE O000174 · FEC S8GA00180
Jon Ossoff
U.S. Senator from Georgia (since 2021)DINCUMBENT
- Race
- U.S. Senate · Georgia
- Result
- Jon Ossoff, projected winner
- Opponents
- Mike Collins (R); Elbert Bartell (IND); Christina Loren Clement (R)
- Research
- Basic
Party line14 votes tracked
Broke with Democrats on
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — Senate passage voted yes
- GENIUS Act — Senate passage voted yes
- Laken Riley Act — Senate passage voted yes
With party = voted the same way as most Democrats who voted.
Said vs. did5 statements · 14 votes
urged Senators to put politics aside and extend ACA tax credits
Expand public health coverage
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotU.S. Senate
2026-11-03
| Jon Ossoff D | incumbent |
| Mike Collins R | challenger |
| Elbert Bartell IND | challenger |
| Christina Loren Clement R | challenger |
Advanced from the Democratic primary unopposed.
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
urged Senators to put politics aside and extend ACA tax credits
In a December 2025 Senate floor speech he urged extending the Affordable Care Act's enhanced premium tax credits, and said he had offered an amendment in June 2025 to extend them.[5]
- NOOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-07-01), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements.[6]
1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement
to stop the Trump tariffs that are hurting Georgia families
In December 2025 he and Georgia's other Democratic members of Congress urged House action on S.J. Res. 88, which would terminate the national emergency used to impose global tariffs.[7]
- YESResolution to end the global tariff emergency (S.J. Res. 49, 2025-04-30), which would have ended the emergency used to impose global tariffs.[8]
- YESResolution to end the global tariff emergency (S.J. Res. 88, 2025-10-30), which would end the emergency used to impose global tariffs.[9]
2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement
Congress must convene immediately and pass a War Powers Resolution to assert our Constitutional authority over war and peace.
In a February 28, 2026 statement on the Iran strikes, he said Congress should convene and pass a War Powers Resolution and said the action was taken without the consent of Congress.[10]
- YESWar Powers Resolution on Iran (S.J. Res. 59, 2025-06-27), a motion to bring a war powers resolution on Iran to a vote.[11]
- YESWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela (S.J. Res. 90, 2025-11-06), a motion to bring a war powers resolution on Venezuela to a vote.[12]
2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement
I will continue to fight for the principles of Roe v. Wade and the privacy of women’s health care.
In a June 2022 statement on the Dobbs decision, he said he would continue to fight in Congress for the principles of Roe v. Wade.[13]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Cosponsored S. 1531, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025 (119th Congress), which would ban the sale and manufacture of many semiautomatic assault weapons.
Documented position[14]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
No statement on this issue in our sources.
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- NOOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-07-01), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits.[6]
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- NOOne Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-07-01), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.[6]
Biography
Jon Ossoff is the Democratic U.S. Senator from Georgia, first elected in a January 2021 runoff, and won re-election on November 3, 2026. A former congressional aide and head of an investigative-documentary company, he lost a 2017 special election for the U.S. House before winning the Senate seat.[1][2][3][4]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Ossoff was born on February 16, 1987, in Atlanta, and his Senate website describes him as born and raised in Georgia.[2][3][16] He earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 2009 and a master's degree from the London School of Economics in 2013.[3] From 2007 to 2012 he worked as a national security and foreign affairs legislative staffer for U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia, according to Wikipedia, handling defense and economic policy, and his Senate website says he was mentored by Rep. John Lewis.[2][3][16] Ossoff has been managing director and CEO of the filmmaking company Insight TWI since 2013; his Senate website says the company produced investigative journalism on war crimes, public corruption, human trafficking and organized crime.[2][3]
Ossoff ran in the 2017 special election for Georgia's 6th Congressional District, finishing first in the April primary and losing the June 20 runoff to Republican Karen Handel, 48.2% to 51.8%; he did not run for the seat in 2018.[3][16] In 2020 he won the June 9 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate with 52.8% of the vote, then defeated incumbent Sen. David Perdue (R) in the January 5, 2021, general runoff, 50.6% to 49.4%; he assumed office on January 20, 2021.[1][3]
In the 2025-2026 Congress Ossoff sits on the Appropriations Committee, where he is ranking member of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs subcommittee, and on the Rules and Administration Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence.[3] His Senate website cites bipartisan legislation on online child safety, veterans' mental health care and fentanyl trafficking, along with investigations of federal prisons and privatized military housing, and says he passed more standalone bills in his first two years in office than any other freshman senator.[2] He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Dr. Alisha Kramer, and their two daughters.[2] During the campaign, he ran on his Senate record, including prescription-drug costs, fentanyl detection and corruption investigations.[2] He won the November 3, 2026 general election with 59% of the vote to Mike Collins's 41%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[4]
Recent votes
| Date | Party line | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | Against partyvoted yes | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — Senate passageH.R. 7148 · Bill Passed 71–29 · roll call ↗Democrats 23–24 · Republicans 48–5 |
| 2025-12-17 | With partyvoted yes | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Motion Agreed to 77–20 · roll call ↗Democrats 28–18 · Republicans 49–2 |
| 2025-11-10 | With partyvoted no | Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Bill Passed 60–40 · roll call ↗Democrats 8–39 · Republicans 52–1 |
| 2025-11-06 | With partyvoted yes | War Powers Resolution on Venezuela — motion to dischargeS.J. Res. 90 · Motion to Discharge Rejected 49–51 · roll call ↗Democrats 47–0 · Republicans 2–51 |
| 2025-10-30 | With partyvoted yes | Resolution to end the global tariff emergencyS.J. Res. 88 · Joint Resolution Passed 51–47 · roll call ↗Democrats 47–0 · Republicans 4–47 |
| 2025-07-01 | With partyvoted no | One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Senate passageH.R. 1 · Bill Passed 50–50 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–47 · Republicans 50–3 |
| 2025-06-27 | With partyvoted yes | War Powers Resolution on Iran — motion to dischargeS.J. Res. 59 · Motion to Discharge Rejected 47–53 · roll call ↗Democrats 46–1 · Republicans 1–52 |
| 2025-06-17 | Against partyvoted yes | GENIUS Act — Senate passageS. 1582 · Bill Passed 68–30 · roll call ↗Democrats 18–28 · Republicans 50–2 |
Showing the 8 most recent of 14 votes.
All 14 recorded votes
| Date | Party line | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | Against partyvoted yes | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — Senate passageH.R. 7148 · Bill Passed 71–29 · roll call ↗Democrats 23–24 · Republicans 48–5The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026. |
| 2025-12-17 | With partyvoted yes | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passageS. 1071 · Motion Agreed to 77–20 · roll call ↗Democrats 28–18 · Republicans 49–2The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. This vote sent the House-Senate compromise version to the President, who signed it into law the next day. |
| 2025-11-10 | With partyvoted no | Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending voteH.R. 5371 · Bill Passed 60–40 · roll call ↗Democrats 8–39 · Republicans 52–1The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. Eight members of the Democratic caucus joined nearly all Republicans to pass it. |
| 2025-11-06 | With partyvoted yes | War Powers Resolution on Venezuela — motion to dischargeS.J. Res. 90 · Motion to Discharge Rejected 49–51 · roll call ↗Democrats 47–0 · Republicans 2–51S.J.Res. 90 would have directed the President to end military hostilities within or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized, after U.S. strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the region. A motion to discharge the resolution from committee failed, blocking a vote on final passage. |
| 2025-10-30 | With partyvoted yes | Resolution to end the global tariff emergencyS.J. Res. 88 · Joint Resolution Passed 51–47 · roll call ↗Democrats 47–0 · Republicans 4–47S.J.Res. 88 terminates the national emergency the President used to impose broad tariffs on imports from most countries under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Unlike an earlier April 2025 attempt, this resolution passed the Senate, though it still required House and presidential action to take effect. |
| 2025-07-01 | With partyvoted no | One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Senate passageH.R. 1 · Bill Passed 50–50 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–47 · Republicans 50–3H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and increases border security and defense spending. It reduces projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adds new work requirements; Vice President Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. |
| 2025-06-27 | With partyvoted yes | War Powers Resolution on Iran — motion to dischargeS.J. Res. 59 · Motion to Discharge Rejected 47–53 · roll call ↗Democrats 46–1 · Republicans 1–52S.J.Res. 59 would have directed the President to end U.S. military hostilities against Iran that Congress had not authorized, following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities earlier that month. A motion to discharge the resolution from committee failed, preventing a vote on final passage. |
| 2025-06-17 | Against partyvoted yes | GENIUS Act — Senate passageS. 1582 · Bill Passed 68–30 · roll call ↗Democrats 18–28 · Republicans 50–2The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation to clear Congress. |
| 2025-04-30 | With partyvoted yes | Resolution to end the global tariff emergencyS.J. Res. 49 · Joint Resolution Defeated 49–49 · roll call ↗Democrats 46–0 · Republicans 3–49S.J.Res. 49 would have terminated the national emergency the President declared in April 2025 to impose broad tariffs on imports from most U.S. trading partners. The resolution failed on a tied 49-49 vote. |
| 2025-03-14 | With partyvoted no | Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 — Senate passageH.R. 1968 · Bill Passed 54–46 · roll call ↗Democrats 2–45 · Republicans 52–1The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations. |
| 2025-02-13 | With partyvoted no | Confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS SecretaryPN Kennedy · Nomination Confirmed 52–48 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–47 · Republicans 52–1The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, overseeing federal health, food-safety, and drug-regulatory agencies. Senator Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote against the nomination. |
| 2025-02-04 | With partyvoted no | Confirmation of Pamela Bondi as Attorney GeneralPN Bondi · Nomination Confirmed 54–46 · roll call ↗Democrats 1–46 · Republicans 53–0The Senate confirmed Pamela Bondi, Florida's former attorney general, to serve as U.S. Attorney General, leading the Justice Department. The vote fell largely along party lines. |
| 2025-01-24 | With partyvoted no | Confirmation of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of DefensePN Hegseth · Nomination Confirmed 50–50 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–47 · Republicans 50–3The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and Army National Guard officer, to serve as Secretary of Defense. Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote after three Republican senators joined all Democrats in voting against the nomination. |
| 2025-01-20 | Against partyvoted yes | Laken Riley Act — Senate passageS. 5 · Bill Passed 64–35 · roll call ↗Democrats 12–35 · Republicans 52–0The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions. |
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- billSays he helped pass legislation capping the cost of insulin and out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors.[17]
- billSays he helped pass legislation strengthening detection of fentanyl trafficking at the border.[17]
- actionSays he helped pass a Congressional stock-trading ban through a Senate committee for the first time.[17]
In their own words
Priorities
- Says he will continue fighting for affordable health care and housing and to repeal tariffs he calls disastrous.[17]
- Says he is working to prevent health insurance companies from denying claims for needed care.[17]
- Campaigns on reducing corruption in government, including a bill to ban corporate PACs and an effort to ban members of Congress from stock trading.[17]
Campaign money$77.3M raised · 99% from individuals · FEC through 2026-06-30
Totals this cycle
Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.
Who gave
- Individuals $67.8M
- PACs & committees $920K
- Party $11K
Largest committee contributions
- Jstreetpac PAC$20K
- Victory Now PAC PAC$10K
- American Hotel and Lodging Association Political Action Committee ('hotelpac') PAC$10K
- National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee PAC$10K
- Air Line Pilots Association PAC PAC$10K
- American Mobilization PAC PAC$10K
- Amalgamated Transit Union - COPE PAC$10K
- Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating Engineers PAC$10K
- Blue Senate PAC PAC$10K
- American Postal Workers Union Committee on Political Action PAC$10K
Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗
Profile: /people/jon-ossoff
Where they stood out
Voted against most of their party on 32 of 795 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Jobs & cost of living (14), Climate & energy (8), Rights & public safety (5)
Kennedy Amdt. No. 6760; To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.
A yes vote would have adopted Amendment 6760, which would limit price increases for college athletics tickets. (AI-written)
What it does: Protect College Sports Act of 2026 This bill establishes requirements for name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements for college student athletes and provides a limited antitrust exemption for schools and conferences t…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 31–14, Republicans 9–40
Sep 28, 2026Official record ↗
H.R. 7148, as Amended; A bill making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
What it does: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 This bill provides appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for the remainder of FY2026 and provides continuing FY2026 appropriations for the Department of Homel…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 22–23, Republicans 46–5
Jan 30, 2026Official record ↗
Confirmation: Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
What it does: Confirms Douglas Weaver as a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 17–28, Republicans 51–0
Dec 17, 2025Official record ↗
Their votes on the most contested roll calls
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
- No
With most of their party · Agreed to 46–45 · Yes 45–No 45 · Democrats 0–43, Republicans 45–0
May 11, 2026Official record ↗
- No
With most of their party · Passed 49–47 · Yes 47–No 47 · Democrats 0–45, Republicans 47–0
Feb 12, 2026Official record ↗
- Yes
With most of their party · Rejected 46–49 · Yes 46–No 46 · Democrats 44–0, Republicans 0–46
Jan 15, 2025Official record ↗
- No
With most of their party · Confirmed 48–47 · Yes 48–No 47 · Democrats 0–45, Republicans 48–0
Jul 23, 2026Official record ↗
- No
With most of their party · Confirmed 50–47 · Yes 48–No 47 · Democrats 0–45, Republicans 48–0
Feb 5, 2026Official record ↗
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.United States Senate election in Georgia, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
- 2.About · Office of Senator Jon Ossoff, U.S. Senate Official record
- 3.Jon Ossoff · Ballotpedia Reference
- 4.Georgia U.S. Senate election results 2026 · NBC News News report
- 5.WATCH: In Floor Speech, Sen. Ossoff Urges Senate to Extend Affordable Care Act Tax Credits · Office of Senator Jon Ossoff · 2026-10-03 Official record
- 6.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Senate passage · U.S. Senate · 2025-07-01 Official record
- 7.Georgia Democrats Press GOP Over Trump Tariffs · Office of Senator Jon Ossoff · 2026-10-03 Official record
- 8.Roll call: Resolution to end the global tariff emergency · U.S. Senate · 2025-04-30 Official record
- 9.Roll call: Resolution to end the global tariff emergency · U.S. Senate · 2025-10-30 Official record
- 10.Sen. Ossoff Statement on Iran · Office of Senator Jon Ossoff · 2026-10-03 Official record
- 11.Roll call: War Powers Resolution on Iran — motion to discharge · U.S. Senate · 2025-06-27 Official record
- 12.Roll call: War Powers Resolution on Venezuela — motion to discharge · U.S. Senate · 2025-11-06 Official record
- 13.Sen. Ossoff Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization · Office of Senator Jon Ossoff · 2026-10-03 Official record
- 14.S. 1531, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025 (Assault Weapons Ban of 2025) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
- 15.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — Senate passage · U.S. Senate · 2025-01-20 Official record
- 16.Jon Ossoff · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 17.Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey responses · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words