THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Senator 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 comprising just 6 percent. Industry-tied money concentrates in Securities & Investment (18 percent), Lawyers & Lobbyists (12 percent), and Real Estate (10 percent), a pattern reflected among his employed individual donors who similarly cluster in finance, legal services, and property sectors. An additional $4.3 million in party and leadership-aligned contributions appears separately in his profile.
Raised · all cycles$59.6M▼ 60% in ’24 vs ’22#2 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share18%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes10on 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 10 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
Senator 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 ($8.67M), ranking 22nd among Senate Republicans by concentration in this sector.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap82%
Tim Scott (R) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (15%) with 19380 active lobbying filings
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) would establish a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins in the Securities & Investment industry. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) voted YEA on s1582-119. Scott received 14.5% of identifiable donations from Securities & Investment donors ($8.67M), and companies in this industry filed 19,380 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap81%
Tim Scott (R) voted YEA hjres25-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (15%) with 19380 active lobbying filings
This joint resolution would nullify an IRS rule requiring brokers to report digital asset sales information to tax authorities, affecting the Securities & Investment industry. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) voted YEA on hjres25-119. Securities & Investment companies represent 14.5% of Scott's identifiable donor base ($8.67M), and firms in this industry filed 19,380 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.
Ritchie Torres
D-NY · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
John W. Rose
R-TN · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
George Latimer
D-NY · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Bradley Scott Schneider
D-IL · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Grace Meng
D-NY · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
D
Darline Graham
R-SC · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate