THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Donalds' fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 88 percent of his $11.2 million raised, with PACs and committees comprising only 12 percent. His industry-tied contributions show a concentration in Securities & Investment (17 percent), Lawyers & Lobbyists (13 percent), and Commercial Banks (8 percent), a pattern reinforced by the employment sectors of his individual donor base, which similarly features Securities & Investment, Lawyers & Lobbyists, and Health Services. His financial disclosures show 92 stock trades on file.
Raised · all cycles$11.2M▲ 6% in ’24 vs ’22#28 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share17%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes11on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Donalds (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 Donalds voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 11 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Donalds'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$1.5M
BYRON DONALDS VICTORY FUND
candidate's own committee
2$257K
ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICA
PAC
3$47K
CHALMERS & ADAMS, BACKER & KAUFMAN, LLC
corporation
4$47K
CAPITOL HILL LISTS, LLC
corporation
5$40K
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Spouse Trading85%
83% of the trades disclosed by Byron Donalds are attributed to their spouse's account
Of 92 disclosed trades that state whose account they were made in, 76 (83%) are attributed to Byron Donalds's spouse, totaling $0.1M–$1.1M in disclosed ranges. The STOCK Act requires members to disclose trades by themselves, their spouse, and dependent children; the attribution shown here is stated on the face of each filing and carries no implication about who directed the trades.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap79%
Byron Donalds (R) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (14%) with 13945 active lobbying filing
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) would establish federal regulatory requirements for payment stablecoins issued by banks and qualified nonbank firms in the Securities & Investment industry. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) voted YEA on s1582-119. Securities & Investment comprises 13.9% of Donalds' identifiable donor base ($1.56M), and companies in this industry filed 13,945 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Grassroots Funding72%
Byron Donalds raised 48% from sub-$200 small-dollar donors — #10 most grassroots-funded in the House
48% of the $11.2M in contributions Byron Donalds raised across the tracked cycles came from donors giving under $200 — the FEC's "unitemized" small-dollar tier — ranking #10 of 415 House members raising over $1M. Small-dollar totals are reported by campaigns directly to the FEC; individual donors below $200 are not itemized by law.
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Oversight and Government Reform
Financial Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsCommercial Banks
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D-NY · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsCommercial Banks
Ann Wagner
R-MO · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsCommercial Banks
Juan Vargas
D-CA · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsCommercial Banks
Bryan Steil
R-WI · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsCommercial Banks
Mike Rounds
R-SD · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsCommercial Banks