THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Tim Scott's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 94 percent of his $59.6 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees representing only 6 percent. Among industry-tied contributions, his donor base concentrates in securities and investment firms (18 percent), legal and lobbying services (12 percent), and real estate (10 percent), patterns that align with the employment sectors of his individual donors. His campaign also received $4.3 million in party and leadership-aligned contributions, separate from industry-sector funding.
Raised · all cycles$59.6M▼ 60% in ’24 vs ’22#2 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share18%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes9on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Scott (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 Scott voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 9 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Scott'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$2.0M
TIM SCOTT VICTORY FUND
candidate's own committee
2$588K
NOT PROVIDED
employees
3$555K
CHAIN BRIDGE BANK NA
corporation
4$413K
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
PAC
5$411K
CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Committee–Donor Overlap96%
Tim Scott (R) chairs the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee overseeing Securities & Investment — their largest tracked donor sect
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) chairs the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, which has jurisdiction over the Securities & Investment sector. Securities & Investment comprises 14.5% of his donor base ($8.65M), ranking him 22nd among Senate Republicans in concentration from this sector.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap83%
Tim Scott (R) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (15%) with 17724 active lobbying filings
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) establishes a federal regulatory framework allowing permitted issuers to create payment stablecoins in the Securities & Investment industry. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) voted YEA on s1582-119. Securities & Investment comprises 14.5% of Senator Scott's identifiable donor base ($8.65M), and companies in this industry filed 17,724 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap82%
Tim Scott (R) voted YEA hjres25-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (15%) with 17724 active lobbying filings
HJRes 25-119 would nullify an Internal Revenue Service rule requiring brokers to report digital asset sales information to tax authorities in the Securities & Investment industry. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) voted YEA on this resolution. The Securities & Investment industry represents 14.5% of Scott's identifiable donor base ($8.65M), and companies in this sector filed 17,724 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
LEGISLATION
3 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Chairman
Finance
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Brad Sherman
D-CA · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
John W. Rose
R-TN · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Grace Meng
D-NY · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Jake Auchincloss
D-MA · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
D
Darline Graham
R-SC · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
George Latimer
D-NY · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate