US Senator from Wisconsin since 2011. Former plastics manufacturing executive before entering politics. Former chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Known for skepticism of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and questions about the 2020 election.
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Ron Johnson
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On the issues 4
Public positions Ron Johnson has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- Abortion access"Opposes federal abortion protections and supports state-level restrictions"
- Corporate tax rate"Strong supporter of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and pass-through deduction"
- Social Security solvency"Has proposed making Social Security and Medicare subject to discretionary appropriations"
- U.S. support for Ukraine"Has voted against multiple Ukraine aid packages in the Senate"
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.