THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
James raised $9.4 million with a donor composition heavily weighted toward individual contributors, who accounted for 79% of funds, while PACs and committees provided 21%, with an additional $2.3 million in party and leadership money tracked separately. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in securities and investment (12%), real estate (9%), retail and consumer goods (8%), lawyers and lobbyists (7%), and construction and engineering (7%), a pattern reflected in his individual donor base where employed contributors work predominantly in securities, real estate, and legal services. James has 145 recorded votes and three stock trades disclosed under the STOCK Act.
Raised · all cycles$9.4M▲ 80% in ’24 vs ’22#40 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share12%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes12on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds James (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 James voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 12 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is James'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$5.0M
JOHN JAMES FOR MICHIGAN
candidate's own committee
2$801K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
PAC
3$446K
HMP
PAC
4$391K
PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024
PAC
5$367K
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Energy and Commerce
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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