R-TX·U.S. House·District 31

John R. Carter

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$6.3M

raised· #114 in party

votes recorded

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trade disclosures

votes with party· loyal

TRAIL AI

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Carter's fundraising profile relies heavily on PACs and committees, which account for 63 percent of his $6.3 million total, with $1.4 million in separate party and leadership contributions. Industry-tied PAC money concentrates in Defense & Aerospace (30 percent of industry funds), Lawyers & Lobbyists (9 percent), Technology (8 percent), Agriculture (7 percent), and Health Services (7 percent), a pattern also reflected in his individual donor base, where employed contributors work primarily in defense contracting, law and lobbying, and technology sectors. His 331 recorded votes show no stock trading disclosures on file.

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

DONOR MIX

Industry shares of CLASSIFIED contributions only · the long tail of small-dollar individual donors isn't tagged

$4.2M

tagged $

Party & Leadership35.3%

Defense & Aerospace25.9%

Lawyers & Lobbyists7.7%

Technology7.2%

Agriculture6.4%

Single-Issue Advocacy5.9%

Health Services5.9%

Real Estate5.7%

How to read this: percentages are shares of the 67% of contributions we can trace to an industry (via PAC names and donor employers). Most political money comes from small online donors who don't list an employer, so it can't be traced — that portion isn't shown here.

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.

DONOR MIX

Industry shares of CLASSIFIED contributions only · hover a slice for detail

$6.3M

classified

Party & Leadership35.3%

Defense & Aerospace25.9%

Lawyers & Lobbyists7.7%

Technology7.2%

Agriculture6.4%

Single-Issue Advocacy5.9%

Health Services5.9%

Real Estate5.7%

TOP SOURCES

Employers (individuals) & PACs · excludes aggregators

JUDGE CARTER VICTORY FUND

PAC

$550,350

Individual Donors (no employer)

individuals

$492,093

TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022

PAC

$165,614

CONSERVATIVE FUTURE FUND

PAC

$55,000

LEONARDO DRS PAC

PAC

$49,000

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC

PAC

$49,000

TAKE BACK THE HOUSE TEXAS 2022

PAC

$44,117

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC

PAC

$43,067

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC

$40,150

MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC

PAC

$40,000

TRIDENT RESEARCH

employees

$39,200

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION

employees

$35,300

RECENT ACTIVITY

Most recent recorded contributions · PAC and itemized individual donors

AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC · Apr 30, 2026

+$2,500

BEEF-PAC (BEEF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS ASSOCIATION)

PAC · Apr 17, 2026

+$1,000

BEEF-PAC (BEEF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS ASSOCIATION)

PAC · Mar 28, 2026

−$1,000

BEEF-PAC (BEEF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS ASSOCIATION)

PAC · Mar 28, 2026

−$1,000

PENDLEY, LOIS (RETIRED)

Individual · Mar 27, 2026

+$25

AEROVIRONMENT, INC PAC

PAC · Mar 26, 2026

+$1,000

SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS

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

Mike Rogers

R-AL · House

Party & LeadershipDefense & AerospaceLawyers & Lobbyists

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Robert J. Wittman

R-VA · House

Party & LeadershipDefense & Aerospace

HOW WE CALCULATE THIS

Donor Mix Donut

Shows PAC contributions and employer-attributed individual donations grouped by industry — as a share of classified giving only. Contributions that could not be matched to an industry are excluded from the donut but included in the dollar totals above. Advocacy/ideological PACs are excluded from industry breakdown.

What are aggregators?

WinRed, ActBlue, and similar platforms bundle contributions from many individual donors before passing them to campaigns. Because these don't represent a single entity's interests, they are excluded from the Donor Mix and Top Sources views — but they are counted in total fundraising figures.

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.

FREDRICKSON, ALLEN (SIGNATURE PERFORMANCE)

Individual · Mar 25, 2026

+$1,000

HAEHN, ERIC (GRADIENT TECHNOLOGY)

Individual · Mar 24, 2026

+$1,000

REDMON, JOHN (RETIRED)

Individual · Mar 24, 2026

+$50

SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC)

PAC · Mar 17, 2026

+$2,500

BURRELL, DEBORAH (BURRELL INTERNATIONAL GROUP)

Individual · Mar 17, 2026

+$1,000

VIASAT INC PAC

PAC · Mar 13, 2026

+$1,250

VIASAT, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('VIASAT PAC')

PAC · Mar 13, 2026

+$1,250

HDR, INC. EMPLOYEE OWNERS PAC

PAC · Mar 11, 2026

+$2,500

TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC

PAC · Mar 11, 2026

+$25

SUDDUTH, SCOTT (WASHINGTON NAVIGATORS)

Individual · Mar 9, 2026

+$500

OHLINGER, MACK (DUNEDAIN SYSTEMS)

Individual · Mar 8, 2026

+$5,000

FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC · Mar 6, 2026

+$1,000

WILLIAMS, TOM (FRONTERA GROUP)

Individual · Mar 6, 2026

+$3,500

JUSTICE FREEDOM & LIBERTY PAC

PAC · Mar 4, 2026

+$2,000

HALFF ASSOCIATES FED PAC

PAC · Mar 3, 2026

+$1,000

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

PAC · Mar 3, 2026

+$1,500

JUDGE CARTER VICTORY FUND

PAC · Mar 3, 2026

+$13,781

SIERRA NEVADA PAC

PAC · Mar 3, 2026

+$2,500

AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOC. INT'L

PAC · Mar 3, 2026

+$1,500

Social Security Fairness Act of 2023

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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.

137,850

Lobbying filings

that overlap top donor industries

$17.0B

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

Health Services

46,475 filings$4.9B

Technology

20,580 filings$3.3B

Agriculture

15,305 filings$1.5B

TOP LOBBYING FIRMS

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

WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.

6 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

LOBBYING SPEND BY YEAR

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

2017

28,700$3.6B

2018

6,662$645.6M

2019

6,573$609.1M

2020

10,679$828.9M

2021

7,269$614.0M

2022

7,487$667.0M

2023

10,988$909.1M

2024

11,433$922.8M

2025

9,912$900.4M

2026

11,367$1.0B

YEARspend ($)filingsreported $

THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC.

13 filings

GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY

15 filings

$69.4M

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

13 filings

$68.7M

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.