THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Lucas's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward PAC and committee sources, which account for 64 percent of his $4.1 million in direct contributions, with the remaining 36 percent coming from individual donors. His industry-tied contributions show a dominant agricultural sector signal at 25 percent, followed by commercial banking at 14 percent, securities and investment firms at 8 percent, and smaller shares from oil and gas and defense and aerospace companies. Individual donors in his network work primarily in agriculture, commercial banking, and law and lobbying, which aligns with the broader sectoral composition of his PAC funding.
Raised · all cycles$4.0M▲ 12% in ’24 vs ’22#129 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share25%Agriculture
Donor-sector votes32on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Lucas (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.
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How Lucas voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 32 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Lucas'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$64K
INDIAN TRIBE
employees
2$50K
CLEARPATH ACTION FUND, INC.
PAC
3$32K
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)
PAC
4$31K
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
5$30K
ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
COMMITTEES
Agriculture
Financial Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Austin Scott
R-GA · House
AgricultureCommercial BanksSecurities & Investment
Ronny Jackson
R-TX · House
AgricultureCommercial BanksDefense & Aerospace
Mike Flood
R-NE · House
AgricultureCommercial BanksSecurities & Investment
Trent Kelly
R-MS · House
AgricultureCommercial BanksDefense & Aerospace
John Hoeven
R-ND · Senate
AgricultureSecurities & InvestmentOil & Gas
Joni Ernst
R-IA · Senate
AgricultureCommercial BanksSecurities & Investment