THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Hyde-Smith's $4.6 million fundraising profile relies moderately on PACs and committees for one-third of contributions, with two-thirds coming from individual donors. Industry-tied money shows a pronounced agriculture sector concentration at 18 percent, followed by lawyers and lobbyists at 13 percent and defense and aerospace at 10 percent, patterns also reflected in her individual donor base which includes notable representation from agriculture, legal services, and securities sectors. Her voting record includes 116 recorded votes with no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$5.3M▼ 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