THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Nehls' fundraising relies more heavily on individual donors (58%) than PACs and committees (42%), with substantial party and leadership money ($149K) comprising the dominant portion of his overall contributions. Among industry-tied donations, his top sectors are Oil & Gas and Health Services (each 14% of industry money), followed by Real Estate (13%), Labor Unions (11%), and Defense & Aerospace (9%). Individual donors employed in Real Estate, Lawyers & Lobbyists, and Health Services represent the clearest non-party donor base in his contribution profile.
Raised · all cycles$205K#219 in party
Top sector share14%Oil & Gas
Donor-sector votes23on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Nehls (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 Nehls voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 23 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Nehls'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$81K
DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS
PAC
2$12K
DETECTACHEM
employees
3$11K
KRAKEN OIL AND GAS
employees
4$10K
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC
PAC
5$7K
AVALANCHE FOOD GROUP
employees
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure
Judiciary
House Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Lizzie Fletcher
D-TX · House
Oil & GasHealth ServicesReal Estate
Stephanie I. Bice
R-OK · House
Oil & GasHealth ServicesReal Estate
Marc A. Veasey
D-TX · House
Oil & GasHealth ServicesLabor Unions
Veronica Escobar
D-TX · House
Health ServicesReal EstateLabor Unions
John Barrasso
R-WY · Senate
Oil & GasHealth ServicesReal Estate
James Lankford
R-OK · Senate
Oil & GasHealth ServicesReal Estate