THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Timmons's fundraising profile relies heavily on PAC and committee contributions, which account for 71 percent of his $3.3 million total, with the remainder coming from individual donors. Industry-tied PAC money concentrates in financial services and legal sectors, with commercial banks (15%), lawyers and lobbyists (13%), securities and investment firms (12%), and real estate (12%) comprising the largest shares. Individual donors employed in his top sectors—lawyers, lobbyists, securities, and health services—show alignment with the broader industry composition of his PAC funding.
Raised · all cycles$3.3M▲ 26% in ’24 vs ’22#145 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share15%Commercial Banks
Donor-sector votes19on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Timmons (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 Timmons voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 19 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Timmons'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$137K
TEAM TIMMONS
candidate's own committee
2$102K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
3$69K
WILLIAM TIMMONS FOR CONGRESS
candidate's own committee
4$54K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC
PAC
5$40K
SAGEBRUSH REBELLION PAC
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
War Chest78%
William R. Timmons IV self-funded 65% of their campaign ($2.1M in candidate money)
$2.1M of William R. Timmons IV's campaign funding — 65% of total contributions — came from the candidate's own loans and contributions, as reported to the FEC. Self-funding is legal and fully disclosed; it is shown here because a self-funded campaign has a different donor profile than a donor-funded one.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap77%
William R. Timmons IV (R) voted YEA sjres18-119; Commercial Banks is their largest tracked donor sector (14%) with 3538 active lobbying fili
The bill sjres18-119 would nullify a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that caps overdraft charges at $5 for very large Commercial Banks. Representative William R. Timmons IV (R-SC) voted YEA on sjres18-119. Commercial Banks represents 13.6% of Timmons' identifiable donor base ($0.43M, ranking #7 in his party), and Commercial Banks companies filed 3,538 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap77%
William R. Timmons IV (R) voted YEA sjres13-119; Commercial Banks is their largest tracked donor sector (14%) with 3538 active lobbying fili
Representative William R. Timmons IV voted YEA on sjres13-119, which would nullify Treasury Department rules that removed automatic approvals and streamlined forms for Commercial Banks merger applications. Timmons voted in favor of the resolution. Commercial Banks ranks seventh among donor industries to Timmons at 13.6% of identifiable contributions ($0.43M), and companies in this sector filed 3,538 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Oversight and Government Reform
Financial Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Maxine Waters
D-CA · House
Commercial BanksLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
J. French Hill
R-AR · House
Commercial BanksLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
Warren Davidson
R-OH · House
Commercial BanksLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
Andy Barr
R-KY · House
Commercial BanksLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
Bill Huizenga
R-MI · House
Commercial BanksLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
Gregory W. Meeks
D-NY · House
Commercial BanksLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment