THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Patronis relies heavily on individual donors for his funding, with 84% of contributions coming from individuals compared to 16% from PACs and committees, supplemented by $630K in party and leadership money. His industry-tied donor base concentrates in legal and real estate services, which together account for 35% of industry contributions, followed by insurance and health services sectors. Individual donors employed in law, real estate, and securities investment form his primary non-political contributor base.
Raised · all cycles$3.5M#142 in party
Top sector share18%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes6on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Patronis (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 Patronis voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Patronis'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$220K
CONSERVATIVE FUTURE FUND
PAC
2$109K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
PAC
3$76K
THE GREAT GULF OF AMERICA FUND
PAC
4$59K
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.
PAC
5$53K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure
Small Business
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Beth Van Duyne
R-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateInsurance
Bradley Scott Schneider
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateInsurance
Vern Buchanan
R-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateInsurance
Darren Soto
D-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateInsurance
Tina Smith
D-MN · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateInsurance
Tim Moore
R-NC · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateHealth Services