THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Carey's fundraising profile shows moderate PAC reliance at 57 percent of total contributions, with individual donors comprising 43 percent of his $7.4 million raised. Industry-tied contributions cluster in professional services sectors, with lawyers and lobbyists accounting for 17 percent of industry money, followed by insurance (10 percent), health services (8 percent), securities and investment (7 percent), and construction and engineering (6 percent); individual donor employment patterns similarly reflect concentration in legal, financial, and real estate sectors. Political and party-related contributions totaled $588,000 of his overall fundraising.
Raised · all cycles$7.4M▲ 6% in ’24 vs ’22#55 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share17%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes15on 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 15 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 — #32 rate in the House
Rep. Mike Carey voted YEA on all 9 tracked bills classified as favoring his top donor sectors—Securities & Investment, Electric Utilities, and Real Estate—ranking #32 among House members for this voting pattern. On bills classified as limiting those same sectors, Carey voted YEA 3 of 3 times, including voting to disapprove a Securities & Investment-related rule under HJRES25-119.
Sponsor–Industry Alignment57%
Mike Carey (R) is primary sponsor of Securities & Investment bill hjres25-119; Securities & Investment is a top donor industry (7%)
The bill hjres25-119 would nullify an IRS rule requiring brokers to report digital asset sales information to tax authorities, directly affecting the Securities & Investment industry. Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH) introduced this joint resolution. Securities & Investment donors represent 6.5% of Carey's identifiable funding base ($0.48M), ranking 105th among 273 donor industries in their party.
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Ways and Means
Budget
House Administration
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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Bradley Scott Schneider
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Thom Tillis
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Lawyers & LobbyistsInsuranceHealth Services
W. Gregory Steube
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