John J. McGuire III
Representative · R-VA-5
OverviewMoney & Influence
74% of McGuire's money comes from outside VA.
The majority of funding comes from donors who cannot vote for this member.
$226K raised$1420 avg donation26% from VA3 former staff → lobbyists
Key Findings
74% of donations come from outside VA
A supermajority of John J. McGuire III's funding comes from donors who cannot vote for them.
3 former staff now work as lobbyists
Former employees have transitioned to the lobbying industry.
11% of PAC money comes from regulated industries
Some funding comes from industries within this member's committee jurisdiction.
78% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
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How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
How It Works
The Influence Pipeline
How money flows to — and through — John J. McGuire III's office.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
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The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
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The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
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🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
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The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
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The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
The cycle repeats.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
05
🚪
The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
06
📋
The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
The cycle repeats.
Follow the Money
Top individual donor: Allred, Douglas from CA ($25K). Technology is the largest PAC sector at $23K from 7 PACs.
Industry PACs
$80KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$0How much power this member brokers
No leadership PACs on record.
Top Individual Donors
$1.5MNamed people writing checks
Allred, Douglas↗$25K
CA · Douglas Allred Company · 1xLong, Charles↗$24K
TX · Reliable · 3xTX · Commercial Real Estate Investments · 4x
Singer, Paul↗$18K
FL · Elliott Investment Management · 3xGood, John Jr.↗$15K
VA · Shockey Management Co · 2xMI · Natural Bio Corp. · 2x
McGuire
Armed Services
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Congress
113
Economics and Public Finance
52
Energy
32
Armed Forces and National Security
31
Crime and Law Enforcement
24
Public Lands and Natural Resources
24
The Revolving Door
Sarah M. Stevens — shared employee → Banner Public Affairs, Llc; Signal Group Consulting, Llc↗(90 filings)
Deep Dive
How we built this & what it doesn't prove
- • Donor data from FEC filings (9.47M individual contributions)
- • Voting records from Congress.gov roll call data
- • Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings
- • Staff employment from House disbursement records
Correlation between donations and votes does not prove causation. Members may vote in alignment with donors because they share genuine policy beliefs, not because of financial influence. We present the connections — you decide what they mean.