THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
James's contribution profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 79 percent of his $9.4 million total, with PACs and committees representing 21 percent; party and leadership-aligned money comprises a separate $2.3 million. His industry-tied contributions show concentration in securities and investment (12 percent of industry money), real estate (9 percent), and legal services (7 percent), sectors also represented among his individual donor base. With 147 recorded votes and 3 stock trades disclosed under the STOCK Act, his legislative activity record is available for public review.
Raised · all cycles$9.4M▲ 80% in ’24 vs ’22#40 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share12%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes13on bills touching top donor sectors
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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 13 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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Marsha Blackburn
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Securities & InvestmentReal EstateRetail & Consumer
Dan Sullivan
R-AK · Senate
Securities & InvestmentReal EstateLawyers & Lobbyists
Lisa C. McClain
R-MI · House
Securities & InvestmentReal EstateLawyers & Lobbyists
Katie Boyd Britt
R-AL · Senate
Securities & InvestmentReal EstateLawyers & Lobbyists