THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Mike Lee's fundraising profile relies heavily on individual donors, who account for 87% of his $15.9 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees representing only 13% of his funding base. Industry-tied contributions are concentrated in legal and financial services sectors, with lawyers and lobbyists providing 15% of industry money, securities and investment firms 12%, and real estate interests also at 12%, patterns that align with the employment sectors of his individual donor base. His contribution profile does not reflect substantial reliance on any single economic sector outside of professional services and finance.
Raised · all cycles$15.9M▼ 46% in ’24 vs ’22#11 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share15%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes20on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Lee (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 Lee voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 20 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Lee'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$715K
MIKE LEE VICTORY FUND
candidate's own committee
2$389K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND
PAC
3$382K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
PAC
4$308K
CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE, JOHN
PAC
5$255K
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PAC
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Energy and Natural Resources · Chairman
Foreign Relations
Budget
Judiciary
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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Michael T. McCaul
R-TX · House
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