THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Wilson's fundraising profile is moderately balanced, with 56 percent from individual donors and 44 percent from PACs and committees, supplemented by $164K in party and single-issue political money. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in Defense & Aerospace (16 percent), Lawyers & Lobbyists (15 percent), and Health Services (8 percent), with individual donors employed primarily in legal services, healthcare, and securities sectors. Over 338 recorded votes, Wilson has disclosed no stock trades on file.
Raised · all cycles$2.5M▼ 14% in ’24 vs ’22#181 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share16%Defense & Aerospace
Donor-sector votes15on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Wilson (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 Wilson voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 15 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Wilson'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$117K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC - CONDUIT
PAC
2$30K
NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL CO
PAC
3$30K
NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE
PAC
4$29K
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
PAC
5$29K
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Sector-Aligned Voting89%
Joe Wilson (R) voted YEA on 7 of 7 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #22 rate in the House
Rep. Joe Wilson voted YEA on 7 of 7 bills (100%) that an AI classifier identified as favoring Defense & Aerospace and Real Estate among his top donor sectors, ranking #22 among House members on this metric. He voted YEA on HR8289-118, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024, classified as favoring Defense & Aerospace, and also supported all 3 tracked bills classified as limiting these sectors.
Committee–Donor Overlap68%
Joe Wilson (R) sits on the Armed Services committee overseeing Defense & Aerospace — their largest tracked donor sector (15%)
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) serves on the House Committee on Armed Services, which has jurisdiction over the Defense & Aerospace sector. Defense & Aerospace is Wilson's largest donor sector at 14.7% of contributions ($0.37M), ranking 17th among House Republicans by concentration in this sector.
COMMITTEES
Armed Services
Foreign Affairs
Education and Workforce
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Harold Rogers
R-KY · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Robert B. Aderholt
R-AL · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Mike Rogers
R-AL · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Jeanne Shaheen
D-NH · Senate
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
R-TN · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services
Michael Guest
R-MS · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsHealth Services