THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Lawler's $12.4 million fundraising profile draws 63 percent from individual donors and 37 percent from PACs and committees, with an additional $2.4 million in party and leadership contributions. Industry-tied donations concentrate in Securities & Investment (22 percent), Lawyers & Lobbyists (14 percent), and Real Estate (12 percent), sectors that also appear prominently among his individual donors' employment backgrounds. His 146 recorded votes show no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$12.4M▲ 363% in ’24 vs ’22#20 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share22%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes8on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Lawler (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 Lawler voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 8 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Lawler'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$856K
GROW THE MAJORITY
PAC
2$442K
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND
PAC
3$433K
AMERICA PAC
PAC
4$392K
EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS
PAC
5$296K
DEFEND OUR MAJORITY
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap83%
Michael Lawler (R) voted YEA s723-119; Real Estate is their largest tracked donor sector (8%) with 2819 active lobbying filings
The Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025 (s723-119) would accelerate the Bureau of Indian Affairs' processing timelines for residential and business leasehold mortgages affecting Real Estate transactions. Representative Michael Lawler (R-NY) voted YEA on s723-119. Real Estate comprises 7.7% of Lawler's identifiable donor base ($7.08M), and Real Estate companies filed 2,819 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Committee–Donor Overlap74%
Michael Lawler (R) sits on the Financial Services committee overseeing Securities & Investment — their largest tracked donor sector (16%)
Michael Lawler (R-NY) serves on the House Committee on Financial Services, which has jurisdiction over the Securities & Investment sector. Securities & Investment comprises 16.3% of his donor base ($2.02M), ranking 13th among Republican members in donor concentration from this sector.
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Financial Services
Foreign Affairs
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Tina Smith
D-MN · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Josh Gottheimer
D-NJ · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Thom Tillis
R-NC · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Beth Van Duyne
R-TX · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Richard E. Neal
D-MA · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate