THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Senator Lee's fundraising profile relies heavily on individual donors, who account for 87 percent of his $15.9 million total, with PACs and committees comprising only 13 percent. Industry-tied contributions show concentration among lawyers and lobbyists (15 percent), securities and investment professionals (12 percent), and real estate interests (12 percent), with employed individual donors similarly clustered in these three sectors. Political party and leadership money totals $3.6 million separately from industry donations.
Raised · all cycles$15.9M▼ 46% in ’24 vs ’22#11 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share15%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes21on 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 21 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.
Keith Self
R-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
John Cornyn
R-TX · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Charles E. Schumer
D-NY · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Michael T. McCaul
R-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Stacey E. Plaskett
D-VI · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Tim Kaine
D-VA · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate