THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Hyde-Smith's $4.6 million fundraising profile relies more heavily on individual donors (67%) than PACs and committees (33%), with $407K in separate party and leadership contributions. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in agriculture (18%), lawyers and lobbyists (13%), and defense and aerospace (10%), patterns reflected among her employed individual donors who work primarily in law, agriculture, and securities. Her voting record spans 116 recorded votes with no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$4.6M▼ 15% in ’24 vs ’22#46 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share18%Agriculture
Donor-sector votes11on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Hyde-Smith (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 Hyde-Smith voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 11 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Hyde-Smith'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$244K
BRITT SENATE VICTORY
PAC
2$76K
NEW SOUTHERN MAJORITY IE PAC
PAC
3$72K
ONE TEAM SENATE MAJORITY
PAC
4$59K
HORNE
employees
5$47K
TENAX AEROSPACE
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
COMMITTEES
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Appropriations
Energy and Natural Resources
Rules and Administration
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Robert B. Aderholt
R-AL · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace
Trent Kelly
R-MS · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace
Tommy Tuberville
R-AL · Senate
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace
Adrian Smith
R-NE · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Scott Franklin
R-FL · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace
Dan Newhouse
R-WA · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace