THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Rogers' contribution profile is 59% individual donors and 41% PACs and committees, with individual donors employed primarily in defense and aerospace, legal services, and real estate. Industry-tied money in his fundraising is concentrated in defense and aerospace (30%), lawyers and lobbyists (13%), and real estate (9%), with smaller shares from construction and engineering and technology sectors. His voting record spans 337 recorded votes with no stock trading 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 votes17on 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 17 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 accounts for 28.9% of Rogers's identified donor base ($2.00M), ranking first among Republican members in this sector concentration.
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 as favoring his top donor sectors—Defense & Aerospace and Real Estate—ranking 17th highest among House members on this metric. He voted yes on HR6126-118, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, classified as favoring Defense & Aerospace, and also voted yes on both bills classified as limiting those sectors.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap84%
Mike Rogers (R) sponsored hr2670-118; Defense & Aerospace is their largest tracked donor sector (29%) with 48162 active lobbying filings
The hr2670-118 bill authorizes Department of Defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2024, affecting the Defense & Aerospace industry. Mike Rogers (R-AL) is the primary sponsor of this legislation. Defense & Aerospace comprises 28.9% of Rogers' identifiable donor base ($2.00M, ranking first among donor industries), and companies in this sector filed 48,162 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
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
Scott Franklin
R-FL · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Jeanne Shaheen
D-NH · Senate
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Lisa C. McClain
R-MI · House
Defense & AerospaceLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate