THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Eric Schmitt's fundraising profile relies heavily on individual donors, who account for 87% of his $10.2 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising only 13% of his funding base. Industry-tied contributions show concentration among lawyers and lobbyists (17% of industry money), securities and investment professionals (14%), and smaller shares from construction, health services, and real estate sectors, with individual donor employment patterns similarly clustering in legal, financial, and real estate fields. With 72 recorded votes and no stock trade disclosures on file, his legislative activity record remains limited relative to his fundraising volume.
Raised · all cycles$10.2M▼ 72% in ’24 vs ’22#19 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share17%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes5on 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 — #8 rate in the Senate
Senator Schmitt voted yes on 4 of 4 bills classified as favoring Securities & Investment and Real Estate sectors, ranking #8 among Senate members tracked for this metric. He voted yes on HJRES25-119, which provided congressional disapproval of an SEC rule, and voted yes on 1 of 1 bill classified as limiting these sectors.
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
2 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
Thom Tillis
R-NC · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Brad Sherman
D-CA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Bradley Scott Schneider
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services