THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
McGuire's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 76 percent of his $1.6 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising the remaining 24 percent. His industry-tied money shows notable concentration in defense and aerospace sectors, which represent 38 percent of his industry contributions, followed by smaller shares from construction and engineering, agriculture, lawyers and lobbyists, and oil and gas. Individual donor occupations align partially with these patterns, particularly in defense contracting and related professional services sectors.
Raised · all cycles$1.6M#204 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share38%Defense & Aerospace
Donor-sector votes14on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds McGuire (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 McGuire voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 14 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is McGuire'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$123K
JOHN MCGUIRE FOR VIRGINIA
candidate's own committee
2$10K
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC
PAC
3$9K
ROAD TO FREEDOM CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
PAC
4$6K
SHIFT5 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
5$5K
PATRIOTS IN ACTION
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Sector-Aligned Voting91%
John J. McGuire III (R) voted YEA on 9 of 9 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #31 rate in the House
Rep. McGuire voted YEA on 9 of 9 bills (100%) classified as favoring Oil & Gas, ranking #31 among House members on this metric. He voted YEA on HJRES130, classified as favoring Oil & Gas, which provided for congressional disapproval of a regulatory rule.
Committee–Donor Overlap72%
John J. McGuire III (R) sits on the Armed Services committee overseeing Defense & Aerospace — their largest tracked donor sector (30%)
Rep. John J. McGuire III (R-VA) serves on the House Committee on Armed Services, which has jurisdiction over the Defense & Aerospace sector. Defense & Aerospace represents 29.9% of his identified donations ($0.48M), ranking him first among Republicans in his party for donor concentration in this sector.
COMMITTEES
Armed Services
Oversight and Government Reform
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Trent Kelly
R-MS · House
Defense & AerospaceAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
Scott Franklin
R-FL · House
Defense & AerospaceAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
Robert B. Aderholt
R-AL · House
Defense & AerospaceAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R-MS · Senate
Defense & AerospaceAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
Dan Newhouse
R-WA · House
Defense & AerospaceAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
Markwayne Mullin
R-OK · Senate
AgricultureConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists