THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Rogers' fundraising profile shows 59% reliance on individual donors and 41% on PACs and committees, with $253K in separate party and leadership contributions. Industry-tied contributions are concentrated in Defense & Aerospace (30%), Lawyers & Lobbyists (13%), and Real Estate (9%), a pattern reflected among his individual employed donors as well. His voting record includes 338 recorded votes with no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$6.9M▲ 23% in ’24 vs ’22#62 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share30%Defense & Aerospace
Donor-sector votes18on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Rogers (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 Rogers voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 18 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Rogers'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$640K
GENERAL ATOMICS
employees
2$264K
ARONOV REALTY
employees
3$156K
MIKE ROGERS VICTORY
candidate's own committee
4$132K
LANIER LAW FIRM
employees
5$95K
GREAT SOUTHERN WOOD
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Committee–Donor Overlap96%
Mike Rogers (R) chairs the Armed Services committee overseeing Defense & Aerospace — their largest tracked donor sector (29%)
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) chairs the House Committee on Armed Services, which has jurisdiction over the Defense & Aerospace sector. Defense & Aerospace comprises 29.0% of Rogers's donor base ($2.01M), ranking first among Republican members of Congress.
Sector-Aligned Voting93%
Mike Rogers (R) voted YEA on 10 of 10 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #17 rate in the House
Rep. Mike Rogers voted YES on 10 of 10 bills classified by an AI analysis as favoring his top donor sectors—Defense & Aerospace and Real Estate—ranking #17 among House members for this voting pattern. He voted YES on HR8289-118, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024, which was classified as favoring Defense & Aerospace, and also voted YES on all 3 tracked bills classified as limiting those same sectors.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap84%
Mike Rogers (R) sponsored hr2670-118; Defense & Aerospace is their largest tracked donor sector (29%) with 52531 active lobbying filings
Hr2670-118 authorizes Department of Defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2024, affecting the Defense & Aerospace industry. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) is the primary sponsor of this legislation. Defense & Aerospace represents 29.0% of Rogers's identifiable donor base ($2.01M, ranking #1 in his party), while companies in this industry filed 52,531 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Armed Services · Chair
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Robert J. Wittman
R-VA · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Dale W. Strong
R-AL · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Michael R. Turner
R-OH · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Joe Wilson
R-SC · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
James R. Walkinshaw
D-VA · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Jeanne Shaheen
D-NH · Senate
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate