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John Kennedy
Senator· LARSenate● In office
Before officeLawyer · Buddy Roemer · Murphy J. Foster
File · Money Read
What the money shows
John Kennedy has an estimated net worth of $19.1M. The 2026 campaign raised $9.6M. John Kennedy sits on Energy and Water Development and Economic Policy.
Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC
Est. net worth
$19M
$9.9M+
Years in role
9
Senator since 2017
Net-worth filings
8
+$7.9M since 2017
File A — Net Worth
Net worth over time
Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.
File C — Service
Term history
- SenatorLAR2023 – 2029 · 6 yrs
- SenatorLAR2017 – 2023 · 6 yrs
File D — Benchmark
If they'd just invested 20%
A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.
hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary
Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.
File — Background
Senator John Kennedy, LA
Born November 21, 1951.
Studied at
University of Oxford · University of Virginia School of Law · Vanderbilt University [wikidata]
Before office
1996-1999Murphy J. Fosterlast job before office
1 employer held back.
Contractor money
Federal contractors who funded this member
This is a documented association, not a claim that campaign money caused an award.
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Bills
Recorded votes
31 votes · 25 Yea · 5 Nay. "Sector money" is this member's corporate and union money from the sector each bill touches. Receipts, not a claim about the vote. Money-linked votes first.
1–15 of 31
File — The Louisiana delegation
Who else Louisiana sends to Congress
2 senators and 6 of 6 House seats filled. Counting this seat.
- Bill CassidySenatorR
- Steve ScaliseDistrict 1R
- Troy A. CarterDistrict 2D
- Clay HigginsDistrict 3R
- Mike JohnsonDistrict 4R
- Julia LetlowDistrict 5R
- Cleo FieldsDistrict 6D
Seat counts come from the 2020 census apportionment. A seat shows as open when no current member holds it. Source
File — Where this page comes from
John Kennedy · sources
Only sources that fed this profile are listed here.
| Source | What it gave this page | Last fetched |
|---|---|---|
| @unitedstates congress-legislators github.com | Roster, terms, identifiers, official site link | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikidata www.wikidata.org | Education, career before office, family ties | 2026-07-30 |
| Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC) api.open.fec.gov | How much the campaign raised, and who gave it | 2026-09-24 |
| The member's official site | Where to reach them. We link out rather than republishing office addresses and phone numbers. | - |