THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Representative Messmer's $2.0 million in direct contributions rely moderately on PACs and committees for 38 percent of funding, with the remaining 62 percent from individual donors; party and leadership-aligned money comprises a substantial $1.1 million of his total. Industry-tied contributions show dispersed support across Lawyers & Lobbyists (13 percent), Agriculture (11 percent), and Construction & Engineering (10 percent), with smaller shares from Defense & Aerospace and Health Services sectors. Individual donors employed in the professional and service sectors—particularly law, real estate, and health services—represent a distinct donor pattern apart from formal PAC activity.
Raised · all cycles$2.0M#191 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share13%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes8on 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 8 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
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R-MS · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
Scott Franklin
R-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
Trent Kelly
R-MS · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
Dan Newhouse
R-WA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
James Comer
R-KY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsAgricultureConstruction & Engineering