R-SC·U.S. House·District 2

Joe Wilson

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$3.5M

raised· #170 in party

votes recorded

—

SOON

trade disclosures

votes with party· loyal

TRAIL AI

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Wilson's fundraising profile is heavily PAC-dependent, with 69 percent of his $3.5 million coming from committees and only 31 percent from individual donors, supplemented by $438,000 in party and leadership contributions. His industry-tied contributions show concentration in defense and aerospace (25 percent of sector money), followed by insurance, construction and engineering, commercial banking, and real estate, reflecting patterns common among defense-district representatives. Individual donors employed in real estate, law and lobbying, and securities investment provide a secondary funding stream that overlaps partially with his PAC base.

Based on FEC donor data and voting records. Statistical patterns only — does not imply causation.

FUNDING PROFILE

Where the money comes from · what it's tied to

WHO GAVE IT

$3.5M raised

PACs & committees$2.4M· 69%

Individuals$1.1M· 31%

+ $194Kvia pass-through platforms (ActBlue/WinRed/party) — not counted in “raised”

WHAT IT'S TIED TO

Industry-tied$1.9M· 53%

Party & political$438K· 13%

Untraced (small donors)$1.2M· 34%

Two views of the same $3.5M — who gave it vs whatit's tied to. (Most industry money comes from PACs, so the two don't add together.)

Top sectors: Defense & Aerospace, Insurance, Construction & Engineering

Full breakdown →

DATA SOURCES

Financial: FEC · 2022–2026 cycles

Profile: Congress.gov

Votes: House Clerk / Senate · 2021–present

Lobbying: Senate LDA · 2017–present

Trades: STOCK Act disclosures · live ingestion rebuilding

117th–119th Congress. Statistical patterns only.

FUNDING PROFILE

Source breakdown · industry signal · political money — shown separately

WHO GAVE IT

$3.5M raised

PACs & committees$2.4M· 69%

Individuals$1.1M· 31%

+ $194Kvia pass-through platforms (ActBlue/WinRed/party) — not counted in “raised”

WHAT IT'S TIED TO

Industry-tied$1.9M· 53%

Party & political$438K· 13%

Untraced (small donors)$1.2M· 34%

Two views of the same $3.5M — who gave it vs whatit's tied to. (Most industry money comes from PACs, so the two don't add together.)

INDUSTRY SIGNAL

The $1.9M industry-tied portion, by sector

$1.9M

industry-tied

Other sectors33.1%

Defense & Aerospace24.5%

Insurance10.5%

Construction & Engineering8.0%

Commercial Banks6.7%

Real Estate6.2%

Lawyers & Lobbyists5.8%

Electric Utilities5.4%

PARTY & POLITICAL

The $438Kparty/leadership & single-cause portion — not an industry signal

Single-Issue Advocacy$235K

Party & Leadership$203K

How to read this: “Raised” is direct contributions ($3.5M). We trace it to an industry or political category via PAC names and donor employers; small online donors without an employer can't be traced. Industry and political money are shown separately so the economic-interest signal isn't drowned out by party and advocacy money.

TOP SOURCES

Employers (individuals) & PACs · excludes aggregators

Individual Donors (no employer)

individuals

$347,942

WILSON, JOE

other

$200,000

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC - CONDUIT

PAC

$116,661

AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)

PAC

$55,000

THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC

$46,000

WILSON LEADERSHIP FUND

PAC

$41,802

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC

$41,000

EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC

PAC

$36,000

FLUOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FLUOR PAC)

PAC

$32,500

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC

$32,000

THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC

$30,000

AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC

$30,000

RECENT ACTIVITY

Most recent recorded contributions · PAC and itemized individual donors

NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC · Apr 13, 2026

+$2,500

BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC · Mar 31, 2026

+$1,000

LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC · Mar 31, 2026

+$1,000

SCHMOYER, TERRENCE K. JR. (SCHMOYER AND COMPANY LLC)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$1,000

BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA

PAC · Mar 31, 2026

+$1,000

INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING POLITICAL AC

PAC · Mar 31, 2026

+$1,000

SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS

Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.

Trent Kelly

R-MS · House

Defense & AerospaceConstruction & EngineeringCommercial Banks

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Robert B. Aderholt

R-AL · House

Defense & AerospaceConstruction & Engineering

HOW WE CALCULATE THIS

Funding Profile

“Raised” counts direct contributions from PACs and itemized individual donors. The Industry Signal donut shows only money traceable to an economic sector (via PAC names and donor employers); its center dollar figure always equals the sum of its slices. Party, leadership, and single-issue money is shown separately as political money, not industry — so it can't distort the economic-interest picture.

What we exclude from “raised”

FEC memo entries (informational subtotals that double-count money already reported elsewhere) are excluded — counting them inflated totals by tens of millions per member. Pass-through platforms (WinRed/ActBlue) that bundle many small donors are also shown apart from raised totals to avoid double-counting.

Data sources

FEC Schedule A & bulk PAC filings · 2022–2026 cycles · Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings · 2017–present · Congress.gov / House Clerk voting records.

Important disclaimer

All data is sourced from public records. Analysis reflects statistical patterns only — it does not imply corruption, intent, or quid pro quo. Donor relationships show financial alignment, not control. Capitol Trail makes no claims about the motivations or character of any individual or organization.

KIM, THOMAS (THOMAS CAPITOL PARTNERS INC.)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$500

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGAT

PAC · Mar 31, 2026

+$1,000

AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)

PAC · Mar 31, 2026

+$2,500

MILNE, JOHN D. (MWS GLOBAL STRATEGIES)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$500

KORN, BETSY (BVISION SPORTS MEDIA)

Individual · Mar 30, 2026

+$1,000

DEZER SALMON, LESLIE (DEZER DEVELOPMENT)

Individual · Mar 30, 2026

+$1,000

SCHNEIDER, RHODA (RETIRED)

Individual · Mar 30, 2026

+$500

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC - CONDUIT

PAC · Mar 30, 2026

+$2,500

ZEMP, LOUIS DEWITT (SELF EMPLOYED)

Individual · Mar 30, 2026

+$1,000

AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PAC

PAC · Mar 27, 2026

+$5,000

BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC)

PAC · Mar 26, 2026

+$1,000

PRICE GILLESPIE, LAUREN (ACE GLASS COMPANY INC.)

Individual · Mar 26, 2026

+$250

PRICE, FRED L. JR. (ACE GLASS COMPANY INC.)

Individual · Mar 26, 2026

+$250

PRICE, TREY (ACE GLASS COMPANY INC.)

Individual · Mar 26, 2026

+$250

PRICE-GILLESPIE PROPERTIES LLC

Individual · Mar 26, 2026

+$1,000

PRICE, PHYLLIS (ACE GLASS COMPANY INC.)

Individual · Mar 26, 2026

+$250

INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC · Mar 25, 2026

+$2,000

INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION CO

PAC · Mar 25, 2026

+$2,000

COMING SOON

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We're migrating to a fresh data source for daily STOCK Act disclosures. Historical filings shown below are accurate but not currently refreshed nightly. Full real-time coverage returning shortly.

No historical stock trade disclosures on file for this member.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT

Lobbying is when companies, unions, and trade associations pay firms to influence laws and regulations — and the law requires them to disclose it. Every quarter, registrants file a report with Congress detailing who hired them, how much they spent, and which issues they pushed.

This page filters those filings to the industries that also fund this member's campaign. If commercial banks gave 30% of this member's donations and also filed 5,000 lobbying reports on bank-related issues last year, that's a financial pattern worth knowing about. It does not mean the member is corrupt — it means the industries paying to elect them are also paying to influence the laws they vote on.

74,865

Lobbying filings

that overlap top donor industries

$12.1B

Reported spend

across those filings

Donor industries

tracked here

2017–2026

Years covered

10 years

LOBBYING BY DONOR INDUSTRY

only industries that also fund this member

Each row = an industry that donated to this member AND has lobbyists pushing on Congress. Bar width = reported lobbying spend.

Defense & Aerospace

48,778 filings$6.0B

Retail & Consumer

4,319 filings$2.1B

Commercial Banks

8,039 filings$1.3B

Insurance

4,832 filings$1.2B

TOP LOBBYING FIRMS

The firms doing the most spending in this member's donor industries

WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.

7 filings

$1.0B

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

14 filings

$242.0M

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

12 filings

$159.5M

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA

13 filings

$113.6M

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

14 filings

$91.7M

Real Estate

5,781 filings$710.6M

Legal Services

931 filings$571.0M

Utilities

2,185 filings$309.8M

LOBBYING SPEND BY YEAR

How much lobbyists in this member's donor industries have reported spending each year

2017

17,898$3.0B

2018

4,227$494.0M

2019

4,224$467.0M

2020

6,658$626.7M

2021

4,579$459.5M

2022

4,626$491.4M

2023

6,754$675.1M

2024

7,029$682.8M

2025

6,275$690.7M

2026

7,378$766.7M

YEARspend ($)filingsreported $

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

13 filings

SOUTHERN COMPANY

21 filings

$65.9M

GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY

13 filings

$59.6M

SOURCES & CAVEATS

Data: LDA (Lobbying Disclosure Act) quarterly filings · 2017–present

Amounts are self-reported by registrants. Issue codes are mapped from the LDA's 80+ general issue codes to our 19-industry taxonomy.

An industry showing up here means it both (a) funds this member's campaign and (b) lobbies Congress on issues affecting it. That overlap is a factual pattern, not proof of any quid-pro-quo.