Tim Kaine (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Virginia. He assumed office on January 3, 2013. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.
Kaine (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Virginia. He declared candidacy for the 2024 election.
He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president of the United States in 2016 alongside presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. He served as governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006.
Kaine was first elected to office in 1994 as a member of the Richmond city council. He was later elected mayor of the city.
On July 22, 2016, Clinton announced that she had selected Kaine to be her running mate. Kaine officially accepted his party's vice presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention on July 27, 2016. Clinton and Kaine were defeated in the 2016 presidential election by Donald Trump (R) and running mate Mike Pence (R). Trump and Pence received 304 electoral votes to Clinton and Kaine's 227.
At the start of the 116th Congress, Kaine was a member of the Senate committees on Armed Services, Foreign Relations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Budget.
Prior to his election to the Senate, Kaine served as governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010.
