THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Representative J. French Hill's fundraising is roughly balanced between PAC and committee contributions (47%) and individual donors (53%), with $443K in separate party and leadership money. His industry-tied contributions concentrate heavily in financial services, with securities and investment firms providing 22% of industry money, commercial banks 18%, and insurance 15%, a pattern reinforced by his individual donor base which similarly draws from securities, banking, and real estate professionals. Hill has filed 17 stock trades under STOCK Act disclosure requirements across a 334-vote record in the House.
Raised · all cycles$9.1M▲ 20% in ’24 vs ’22#38 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share22%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes12on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Hill (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 Hill voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 12 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Hill'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$1.6M
TEAM HILL
candidate's own committee
2$173K
TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022
PAC
3$155K
DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS
PAC
4$104K
STEPHENS INC.
employees
5$71K
MENTZER MEDIA
corporation
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Committee–Donor Overlap95%
J. French Hill (R) chairs the Financial Services committee overseeing Securities & Investment — their largest tracked donor sector (21%)
Rep. J. French Hill (R-AR) chairs the House Committee on Financial Services, which has jurisdiction over the Securities & Investment sector. Securities & Investment comprises 21.0% of his identifiable donor base ($1.91M), ranking 4th among Republican members of Congress.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap82%
J. French Hill (R) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (21%) with 8230 active lobbying filing
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) would establish a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins issued by banks and qualified nonbank payment issuers in the Securities & Investment industry. Representative J. French Hill (R-AR) voted YEA on s1582-119. Securities & Investment donors comprise 21.0% of Hill's identifiable donor base ($1.91M, ranking #4 in their party), while Securities & Investment companies filed 8,230 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap81%
J. French Hill (R) voted YEA hjres25-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (21%) with 8230 active lobbying fili
HJ Res 25-119 would nullify an IRS rule requiring brokers to report digital asset sales information to tax authorities. Representative J. French Hill (R-AR) voted YEA on this resolution. Securities & Investment comprises 21.0% of Hill's identifiable donor base ($1.91M), and companies in this industry filed 8,230 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Financial Services · Chair
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Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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William R. Timmons IV
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