THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Lee's fundraising relies equally on PAC and committee contributions versus individual donors, with 51 percent derived from organized committees and 49 percent from individuals, alongside $565,000 in party and leadership money. Industry-tied contributions show a dispersed donor base led by lawyers and lobbyists at 11 percent of industry money, followed by health services and insurance each around 8-9 percent, with retail, consumer goods, and construction rounding out major sources. Individual donors employed in law, securities, investment, and real estate form a secondary donor cohort distinct from the PAC-driven sectors.
Raised · all cycles$2.7M▲ 7% in ’24 vs ’22#185 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share11%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes6on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Lee (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 Lee voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Lee'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$15K
CORCORAN PARTNERS
employees
2$12K
BGR GROUP
employees
3$10K
FERMAN MOTOR CAR COMPANY, INC.
employees
4$10K
NEAL COMMUNITIES
employees
5$7K
HOLTEC USA CORP
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Judiciary
Energy and Commerce
House Administration · Vice Chair
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Kevin Hern
R-OK · House
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Adrian Smith
R-NE · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesInsurance
Nathaniel Moran
R-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesInsurance
W. Gregory Steube
R-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesInsurance
Lloyd Smucker
R-PA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesInsurance
Michael Baumgartner
R-WA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesInsurance