THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Pfluger's fundraising profile relies moderately on PACs and committees for 38% of his $4.4 million in direct contributions, with individual donors providing the remaining 62%. Industry-tied contributions show notable concentration in oil and gas (20% of industry money), followed by lawyers and lobbyists (9%), health services (8%), agriculture (7%), and telecommunications (6%), with oil and gas, legal services, and health sectors also well-represented among his individual donor base. He has cast 338 recorded votes and disclosed 16 stock trades under the STOCK Act.
Raised · all cycles$4.4M▲ 7% in ’24 vs ’22#113 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share20%Oil & Gas
Donor-sector votes23on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Pfluger (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 Pfluger voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 23 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Pfluger'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$187K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC
PAC
2$158K
AMERICAN BATTLEGROUND FUND
PAC
3$71K
TEXAS STATE BANK
corporation
4$39K
SHANNON CLINIC
employees
5$30K
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap89%
August Pfluger (R) sponsored hjres35-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (19%) with 17036 active lobbying filings
Representative August Pfluger sponsored hjres35-119, which would nullify an EPA rule requiring Oil & Gas companies to pay annual charges on methane emissions exceeding specified thresholds. Pfluger is the primary sponsor of this joint resolution of disapproval. Oil & Gas donations comprise 19.0% of Pfluger's identifiable donor base ($0.83M, ranking #1 among their party peers), while Oil & Gas entities filed 17,036 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
Sponsor–Industry Alignment87%
August Pfluger (R) is primary sponsor of Oil & Gas bill hjres35-119; Oil & Gas is a top donor industry (19%)
Bill hjres35-119 would nullify an EPA rule requiring oil and gas companies to pay annual charges on methane emissions exceeding specified thresholds. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) introduced this joint resolution. Oil & Gas comprises 19.0% of Pfluger's identifiable donor base ($0.83M), ranking first among their party's 272 members in donor concentration from this industry.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap82%
August Pfluger (R) voted YEA hjres140-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (19%) with 17036 active lobbying filings
Rep. August Pfluger voted YEA on hjres140-119, which would nullify protections on 225,504 acres of Minnesota National Forest lands and allow Oil & Gas leasing. Pfluger voted to support the measure. Oil & Gas comprises 19.0% of his identifiable donor base ($0.83M, ranking first among his party's donor industries), while Oil & Gas companies filed 17,036 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Homeland Security
Energy and Commerce
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Jodey C. Arrington
R-TX · House
Oil & GasLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Vince Fong
R-CA · House
Oil & GasLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Lizzie Fletcher
D-TX · House
Oil & GasLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Randy K. Weber, Sr.
R-TX · House
Oil & GasLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
James Lankford
R-OK · Senate
Oil & GasLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Julie Fedorchak
R-ND · House
Oil & GasLawyers & LobbyistsAgriculture