R-NJ·U.S. House·District 4

Christopher H. Smith

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$3.9M

raised· #164 in party

votes recorded

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votes with party· loyal

TRAIL AI

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Smith's fundraising profile shows 61% reliance on PAC and committee contributions, with the remaining 39% drawn from individual donors whose stated employment centers on real estate, securities and investment, and legal services. Industry-tied PAC money is heavily concentrated in labor unions, which account for 48% of his industry sector contributions, followed by construction and engineering at 11% and real estate at 8%. Separate from industry sectors, Smith received $796K in party and single-issue political money across his fundraising total.

Based on FEC donor data and voting records. Statistical patterns only — does not imply causation.

DONOR MIX

Industry shares of CLASSIFIED contributions only · the long tail of small-dollar individual donors isn't tagged

$2.3M

tagged $

Labor Unions35.7%

Single-Issue Advocacy31.0%

Construction & Engineering8.4%

Party & Leadership8.1%

Real Estate5.7%

Lawyers & Lobbyists5.2%

Health Services3.4%

Securities & Investment2.6%

How to read this: percentages are shares of the 60% of contributions we can trace to an industry (via PAC names and donor employers). Most political money comes from small online donors who don't list an employer, so it can't be traced — that portion isn't shown here.

DATA SOURCES

Financial: FEC · 2022–2026 cycles

Profile: Congress.gov

Votes: House Clerk / Senate · 2021–present

Lobbying: Senate LDA · 2017–present

Trades: STOCK Act disclosures ·

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117th–119th Congress. Statistical patterns only.

DONOR MIX

Industry shares of CLASSIFIED contributions only · hover a slice for detail

$3.9M

classified

Labor Unions35.7%

Single-Issue Advocacy31.0%

Construction & Engineering8.4%

Party & Leadership8.1%

Real Estate5.7%

Lawyers & Lobbyists5.2%

Health Services3.4%

Securities & Investment2.6%

TOP SOURCES

Employers (individuals) & PACs · excludes aggregators

Individual Donors (no employer)

individuals

$615,194

AUTISM HEAR US NOW PAC

PAC

$278,521

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS PAC(AIPAC)

PAC

$58,100

CONGRESS NJ

PAC

$57,918

NORPAC

PAC

$44,551

NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE

PAC

$41,516

ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS

PAC

$30,000

SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUND (DBA SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND)

PAC

$28,986

SMART TD PAC

PAC

$25,500

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC

$25,000

PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL NO 9 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC

$25,000

ZAIS GROUP, LLC

employees

$23,789

RECENT ACTIVITY

Most recent recorded contributions · PAC and itemized individual donors

RUDY FOR INDIANA

Individual · May 13, 2026

+$2,000

REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC

PAC · May 13, 2026

+$1,000

RUDY FOR INDIANA

Individual · May 13, 2026

+$2,000

CONGRESS NJ

PAC · May 12, 2026

+$19,436

WENDT, RICHARD J. MR. (SELF)

Individual · May 11, 2026

+$100

DUANE MORRIS LLP GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

PAC · May 11, 2026

+$1,000

TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO PAC

SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS

Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.

Lois Frankel

D-FL · House

Labor UnionsSingle-Issue AdvocacyParty & Leadership

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Shontel M. Brown

D-OH · House

Labor UnionsSingle-Issue Advocacy

HOW WE CALCULATE THIS

Donor Mix Donut

Shows PAC contributions and employer-attributed individual donations grouped by industry — as a share of classified giving only. Contributions that could not be matched to an industry are excluded from the donut but included in the dollar totals above. Advocacy/ideological PACs are excluded from industry breakdown.

What are aggregators?

WinRed, ActBlue, and similar platforms bundle contributions from many individual donors before passing them to campaigns. Because these don't represent a single entity's interests, they are excluded from the Donor Mix and Top Sources views — but they are counted in total fundraising figures.

Data sources

FEC Schedule A & bulk PAC filings · 2022–2026 cycles · Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings · 2017–present · Congress.gov / House Clerk voting records.

Important disclaimer

All data is sourced from public records. Analysis reflects statistical patterns only — it does not imply corruption, intent, or quid pro quo. Donor relationships show financial alignment, not control. Capitol Trail makes no claims about the motivations or character of any individual or organization.

BUCKELEW, JOSEPH MR. (CONNER STRONG BUCKELEW)

Individual · May 11, 2026

+$250

SAMUEL, DAVID MR. (CME ASSOCIATES)

Individual · May 11, 2026

+$1,000

ECKS, WILLIAM MR. (RETIRED)

Individual · May 11, 2026

+$500

CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

PAC · May 11, 2026

+$5,000

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PAC

PAC · May 11, 2026

+$2,500

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PAC

PAC · May 11, 2026

+$1,000

PROF. AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS (PASS PAC)

PAC · May 11, 2026

+$1,500

DUENAS, RITA MRS. (CHURCH & DWIGHT, INC)

Individual · May 4, 2026

+$50

NATIONAL ASSN. OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC

PAC · Apr 28, 2026

+$500

FORSYTHE, CLARKE MR. (AMERICANS UNITED FOR LIFE)

Individual · Apr 28, 2026

+$100

WINTRODE, DAVID MR. (CAUSEWAY FAMILY OF DEALERSHIPS)

Individual · Apr 28, 2026

+$1,000

UCAN, VEYSEL (HUDSON TURKISH AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSO)

Individual · Apr 27, 2026

+$50

SCHMIDT, CARL MR. (RETIRED)

Individual · Apr 27, 2026

+$50

LARDIERE, GARRETT MR. (RETIRED)

Individual · Apr 20, 2026

+$1,000

PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC

PAC · Apr 20, 2026

+$1,500

NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC · Apr 13, 2026

+$2,000

DUENAS, RITA MRS. (CHURCH & DWIGHT, INC)

Individual · Apr 2, 2026

+$50

PETERSON, BONNIE MRS. (SELF)

Individual · Mar 30, 2026

+$100

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COMING SOON

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WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT

Lobbying is when companies, unions, and trade associations pay firms to influence laws and regulations — and the law requires them to disclose it. Every quarter, registrants file a report with Congress detailing who hired them, how much they spent, and which issues they pushed.

This page filters those filings to the industries that also fund this member's campaign. If commercial banks gave 30% of this member's donations and also filed 5,000 lobbying reports on bank-related issues last year, that's a financial pattern worth knowing about. It does not mean the member is corrupt — it means the industries paying to elect them are also paying to influence the laws they vote on.

72,485

Lobbying filings

that overlap top donor industries

$10.4B

Reported spend

across those filings

Donor industries

tracked here

2017–2026

Years covered

10 years

LOBBYING BY DONOR INDUSTRY

only industries that also fund this member

Each row = an industry that donated to this member AND has lobbyists pushing on Congress. Bar width = reported lobbying spend.

Health Services

46,475 filings$4.9B

Securities & Investment

19,298 filings$4.2B

Real Estate

5,781 filings$710.6M

Legal Services

931 filings$571.0M

TOP LOBBYING FIRMS

The firms doing the most spending in this member's donor industries

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

14 filings

$242.0M

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

12 filings

$159.5M

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA

13 filings

$113.6M

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

14 filings

$91.7M

THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC.

13 filings

$76.3M

LOBBYING SPEND BY YEAR

How much lobbyists in this member's donor industries have reported spending each year

2017

18,700$2.2B

2018

4,244$530.6M

2019

4,151$475.5M

2020

6,729$636.1M

2021

4,534$466.4M

2022

4,633$514.5M

2023

6,279$658.6M

2024

6,571$651.4M

2025

5,611$655.0M

2026

6,378$747.7M

YEARspend ($)filingsreported $

GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY

15 filings

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

13 filings

$68.7M

AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC

14 filings

$56.3M

SOURCES & CAVEATS

Data: LDA (Lobbying Disclosure Act) quarterly filings · 2017–present

Amounts are self-reported by registrants. Issue codes are mapped from the LDA's 80+ general issue codes to our 19-industry taxonomy.

An industry showing up here means it both (a) funds this member's campaign and (b) lobbies Congress on issues affecting it. That overlap is a factual pattern, not proof of any quid-pro-quo.