THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Mark B. Messmer's $2.0 million fundraising profile relies more heavily on individual donors (62%) than PACs and committees (38%), with an additional $1.1 million in party and leadership-tied contributions. Among industry-tied donations, his contributions show spread across multiple sectors including Lawyers & Lobbyists (14%), Agriculture (11%), and Construction & Engineering (10%), while individual donor employment data points to concentration in legal, real estate, and health services fields. With 57 recorded votes and no stock trade disclosures on file, his legislative activity and financial holdings remain limited in available public records.
Raised · all cycles$2.0M#191 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share14%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes7on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Messmer (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.
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How Messmer voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 7 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Messmer'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$404K
AMERICA'S FIRST FREEDOMS, INC.
PAC
2$317K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC
PAC
3$308K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
4$106K
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
PAC
5$56K
BUILDING A STRONG AMERICA
PAC
COMMITTEES
Agriculture
Armed Services
Education and Workforce
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Robert B. Aderholt
R-AL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
W. Gregory Steube
R-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
Adrian Smith
R-NE · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
James Comer
R-KY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
Dusty Johnson
R-SD · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
John J. McGuire III
R-VA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsAgricultureConstruction & Engineering