THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Byron Donalds' fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who provided 88 percent of his $11.2 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees accounting for 12 percent. His industry-tied donor base shows concentration in Securities & Investment (17 percent), Lawyers & Lobbyists (13 percent), and Commercial Banks (8 percent), with individual employed donors similarly clustering in Securities & Investment, Lawyers & Lobbyists, and Health Services. He has disclosed 92 stock trades and maintains a voting record of 338 recorded votes in the House.
Raised · all cycles$7.3M▲ 6% in ’24 vs ’22#67 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share17%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes12on 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 12 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 hr3633-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (14%) with 19368 active lobbying filin
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (hr3633-119) would establish a federal regulatory framework for digital commodities under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) voted YEA on hr3633-119. Securities & Investment companies comprised 13.9% of Donalds' identifiable donor base ($1.56M), and firms in this industry filed 19,368 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap79%
Byron Donalds (R) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (14%) with 17753 active lobbying filing
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) establishes a federal regulatory framework for digital payment stablecoins issued by banks and qualified nonbank entities in the Securities & Investment industry. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) voted YEA on s1582-119. Securities & Investment donors comprise 13.9% of Donalds' identifiable donor base ($1.56M), and Securities & Investment companies filed 17,753 lobbying reports related to this legislation since 2022.
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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