From Business Insider · Kristine Villarroel · · 2m
Nearly a third of US senators belong to Greek life
Thirty-two sitting senators have fraternity or sorority ties, giving Greek organizations a powerful footprint in Congress.
In brief
Thirty-two sitting senators have fraternity or sorority ties, giving Greek organizations a powerful footprint in Congress. Thirty-two of the one hundred US senators belong to fraternities or sororities, according to the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee, which funds campaigns for Greek-life alumni…
Greek life dominates the Senate
Just under a third of US senators in the one hundred nineteenth Congress are affiliated with a fraternity or sorority, according to the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee.
The Frat PAC funds campaigns
The Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee aims to help more Greek alumnae get elected to the House or Senate for the first time, raising money for their campaigns.
Significant fundraising in recent cycles
In the two thousand twenty-three to twenty twenty-four election cycle, the PAC raised over nine hundred thousand dollars.
Funding split between parties
In the two thousand twenty-three to twenty twenty-four cycle, the PAC gave fifty-two percent of funds to Republican candidates and forty-eight percent to Democratic candidates across ninety-seven congressional campaigns.
Republican senators with Greek ties
Twenty-one Republican senators belong to fraternities or sororities, including Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who is a member of Phi Kappa Tau, and Ashley Moody of Florida, who is a member of Alpha Delta Pi.
Democratic senators with Greek ties
Ten Democratic senators have Greek affiliations, including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, and Raphael Warnock of Georgia, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha.
One Independent with Greek ties
Angus King of Maine, an Independent senator, is a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity, making him the sole non-partisan senator with Greek life affiliation.
National and local chapters represented
Most Greek-affiliated senators belong to national organizations like Sigma Nu and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Some belong to local chapters, including John Cornyn of Texas, who joined Chi Delta Tau at Trinity College.
Fraternities outnumber sororities
Twenty-two senators belong to fraternities, while nine belong to sororities, and one belongs to a private club fraternity, showing male-dominated Greek representation in the Senate.
Network access beyond fundraising
Beyond organized fundraising, Greek life organizations offer lifelong members access to a network of powerful connections in the Capitol and beyond, strengthening their influence.
At a glance
Thirty-two of the one hundred US senators belong to fraternities or sororities, according to the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee, which funds campaigns for Greek-life alumni.
