THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Schmitt's $10.2 million fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors (87%), with PACs and committees accounting for 13% of contributions. Among industry-tied money, the largest donor concentrations come from Lawyers & Lobbyists (16%), Securities & Investment (14%), Construction & Engineering (7%), and Health Services (7%), with employed individual donors similarly concentrated in legal, financial services, and real estate sectors. His $2.1 million in party and leadership-aligned contributions represent a secondary funding stream distinct from industry-sector patterns.
Raised · all cycles$10.2M▼ 72% in ’24 vs ’22#19 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share16%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes6on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Schmitt (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 Schmitt voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Schmitt'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$895K
WINNING FOR AMERICA FUND
PAC
2$859K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
PAC
3$235K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND
PAC
4$219K
TEAM PAC
PAC
5$156K
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PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Sector-Aligned Voting85%
Eric Schmitt (R) voted YEA on 4 of 4 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #9 rate in the Senate
Eric Schmitt voted in favor of all four bills classified as benefiting top donor sectors including Securities & Investment and Real Estate, ranking 9th highest among Senate members on this metric. On the two bills classified as limiting those same sectors, Schmitt voted in favor both times.
Sponsor–Industry Alignment41%
Eric Schmitt (R) is primary sponsor of Telecommunications bill s1648-118; Telecommunications is a top donor industry (2%)
The Launch Communications Act (s1648-118) would require the FCC to establish new service rules allowing commercial space companies easier access to telecommunications spectrum for rocket launches and reentries. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) introduced this bill. Telecommunications is among Schmitt's top donor industries, representing 2.1% of identifiable donations ($0.25M) and ranking 100th among donor sectors in his party.
LEGISLATION
3 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Armed Services
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Judiciary
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Nicole Malliotakis
R-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentConstruction & Engineering
Dan Sullivan
R-AK · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentConstruction & Engineering
Katie Boyd Britt
R-AL · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentConstruction & Engineering
Nydia M. Velázquez
D-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentConstruction & Engineering
Pete Aguilar
D-CA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Glenn Ivey
D-MD · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services