THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Adrian Smith's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward PAC and committee contributions, which represent 75 percent of his $5.2 million raised, with individual donors accounting for the remaining 25 percent. His industry-tied PAC money shows broad diversification across health services, agriculture, lawyers and lobbyists, insurance, and construction and engineering sectors, each comprising 8 to 13 percent of industry contributions. Individual donors employed in law, construction, and securities sectors comprise a smaller but notable portion of his overall fundraising base.
Raised · all cycles$5.2M▲ 16% in ’24 vs ’22#91 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share13%Health Services
Donor-sector votes9on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Smith (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Smith voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 9 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Smith's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$57K
ADRIAN SMITH VICTORY FUND
candidate's own committee
2$49K
ADRIAN SMITH VICTORY FUND (2022)
candidate's own committee
3$46K
BLACKSTONE
employees
4$38K
DCI GROUP
employees
5$37K
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ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
6 sponsored
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Employer Reporting Improvement Act
HR3801-118 · Signed
Providing for the appointment of Antoinette Bush as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the
HJRES63-118 · Signed
Providing for the reappointment of Roger W. Ferguson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of
HJRES64-118 · Signed
Providing for the reappointment of Michael Govan as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the
HJRES62-118 · Signed
COMMITTEES
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SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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Pete Sessions
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Jodey C. Arrington
R-TX · House
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Lloyd Smucker
R-PA · House
Health ServicesLawyers & LobbyistsInsurance
James Comer
R-KY · House
Health ServicesAgricultureLawyers & Lobbyists