THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Donalds' fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 88% of his $11.2M in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising 12% of his funding base. Among industry-tied contributions, his donor base shows concentration in Securities & Investment (17%), Lawyers & Lobbyists (13%), and Commercial Banks (8%), with smaller shares from Construction & Engineering and Insurance; individual employed donors similarly cluster in Securities & Investment, Lawyers & Lobbyists, and Health Services. His financial disclosures document 88 stock trades during his time in office across 333 recorded votes.
Raised · all cycles$11.2M▲ 6% in ’24 vs ’22#25 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share17%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes10on 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 10 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 88 disclosed trades that state whose account they were made in, 73 (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 8194 active lobbying filings
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) would establish a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins issued by banks and qualified nonbank entities in the Securities & Investment industry. Representative 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 8,194 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 414 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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