THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Mike Carey's fundraising is moderately dependent on PAC and committee sources, which account for 57% of his $7.4 million total, with individual donors providing the remaining 43%. Industry-tied contributions show a concentration in professional services, with lawyers and lobbyists representing 18% of industry money, followed by insurance (10%), health services (8%), securities and investment (7%), and construction and engineering (6%); individual donors employed in his top-contributing sectors work primarily in law, securities, and real estate. He received $555,000 from party and leadership sources, separate from industry-sector money.
Raised · all cycles$7.4M▲ 6% in ’24 vs ’22#55 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share18%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes13on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Carey (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 Carey voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 13 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Carey'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$71K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC
PAC
2$63K
KIMBALL MIDWEST
employees
3$57K
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN ACTION INC
PAC
4$53K
DCI GROUP
employees
5$51K
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Sector-Aligned Voting91%
Mike Carey (R) voted YEA on 9 of 9 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #12 rate in the House
Mike Carey voted yes on 9 of 9 bills classified as favoring Securities & Investment, Electric Utilities, and Real Estate donors, ranking #12 among House members on this metric. He voted yes on HJRES25-119, a congressional disapproval resolution classified as favoring Securities & Investment, and supported the one tracked bill classified as limiting these sectors.
Sponsor–Industry Alignment58%
Mike Carey (R) is primary sponsor of Securities & Investment bill hjres25-119; Securities & Investment is a top donor industry (7%)
Bill hjres25-119 would nullify an IRS rule requiring securities and investment firms to report digital asset sales transactions to tax authorities. Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH) introduced this joint resolution. Securities & Investment ranks as Carey's 6th largest donor industry at 6.5% of identifiable contributions ($0.48M), placing him at #103 among Republicans in this sector.
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Ways and Means
Budget
House Administration
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Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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