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| FEC ID | Committee | Connected organisation |
|---|---|---|
| C00651208 | JOHN JAMES FOR SENATE, INC. | CO-PILOT COMMITTEE |
| C00803502 | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. | — |
"Connected organisation" is the sponsoring body named in the committee's own registration — the only corporate tie the filing states outright.
| Candidate ID | Receipts | From individuals | From committees | Disbursements | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2MI10150 | $554,400 | $34,760 | $224,500 | $1,289,081 | $0 | 12/23/2025 |
| S8MI00372 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $-9,467 | $10,238 | 06/30/2026 |
Source: FEC bulk file weball26.
| Contributing committee | Total | Contributions | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| MVL PAC | $10,000 | 2 | C00817338 → |
| LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PAC | $6,000 | 2 | C00607721 → |
| ON WISCONSIN PAC, INC. | $5,000 | 3 | C00697326 → |
| NRCC | $5,000 | 1 | C00075820 → |
| AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC | $5,000 | 1 | C00639229 → |
| MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC | $5,000 | 1 | C00563726 → |
| THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | $5,000 | 3 | C00467431 → |
| FIRST IN FREEDOM PAC | $5,000 | 1 | C00540146 → |
| HELLFIRE PAC | $5,000 | 1 | C00807412 → |
| TORCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | $5,000 | 1 | C00400424 → |
| ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | $5,000 | 1 | C00267849 → |
| HELPING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS ORGANIZE PAC (HELO PAC) | $5,000 | 1 | C00820100 → |
| TEAM AMERICA - BRINGING AMERICA TOGETHER PAC | $5,000 | 1 | C00647354 → |
| ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PAC | $5,000 | 1 | C00592089 → |
| ALLISON TRANSMISSION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | $5,000 | 1 | C00691972 → |
Top 15 of 106 committees, $226,500 total. Each links to that committee's own FEC page, where its donors are listed in turn. This counts contributions the committee actually received. Independent expenditures — money spent for or against them by groups they do not control — are a separate thing and appear below, not here.
| Payee | Total | Payments | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARK, ROBERT | $345 | 2 | C00651208 → |
| SIMMONS, GRETCHEN | $105 | 2 | C00651208 → |
| FUSSNER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | $0 | 2 | C00651208 → |
| VANWOLFSWINKEL, RANDALL | $0 | 2 | C00651208 → |
| KAISER, JOSEPH IV | $0 | 2 | C00651208 → |
| AIKIN, PATRICIA A | $0 | 2 | C00651208 → |
| UIHLEIN, LUCIA | $0 | 2 | C00651208 → |
| HERRMAN, BRIAN | $0 | 2 | C00651208 → |
| JOHN JAMES FOR MI | $788,363 | 3 | C00803502 → |
| AMERICAN EXPRESS | $59,377 | 16 | C00803502 → |
| CROSBY OTTENHOFF GROUP | $57,325 | 9 | C00803502 → |
| SANDLER & ASSOCIATES | $50,000 | 1 | C00803502 → |
| ONMESSAGE INC | $25,951 | 1 | C00803502 → |
| THE LS GROUP INC. | $23,551 | 3 | C00803502 → |
| DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC | $21,839 | 8 | C00803502 → |
| CMDI | $18,680 | 15 | C00803502 → |
Vendors and operating costs, not political giving. See the explainer below for what this money can and cannot be used for.
| Filed | Type | Filed as | District | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/13/2026 | Annual report (original) | John James | MI10 | filing PDF → |
| 8/13/2026 | Annual report | John James | MI10 | filing PDF → |
| 7/12/2026 | Periodic transaction report (stock trades) | John James | MI10 | filing PDF → |
| 4/22/2026 | Filing extension | John James | MI10 | filing PDF → |
| 8/15/2025 | Annual report | John James | MI10 | filing PDF → |
| 8/13/2025 | Annual report (original) | John James | MI10 | filing PDF → |
| 4/16/2025 | Filing extension | John James | MI10 | filing PDF → |
| 9/6/2024 | Periodic transaction report (stock trades) | John James | MI10 | filing PDF → |
| 9/2/2024 | Periodic transaction report (stock trades) | John James | MI10 | filing PDF → |
Filed by the member themselves under the Ethics in Government Act. These cover personal assets, outside income, liabilities and stock transactions — the private side that campaign filings never show. Source: House Clerk.
| Date | Filed by | Type | Payee | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-18 | GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring Rep. John James | $-2,000 | filing → |
| 2025-07-23 | AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring John James | $1,500 | filing → |
| 2025-06-25 | NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring Rep. John James | $2,000 | filing → |
| 2025-06-20 | GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring Rep. John James | $2,000 | filing → |
| 2025-06-04 | AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS honoring John James | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-04-14 | JEFFREY J. KIMBELL & ASSOCIATES, INC. | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR MICHIGAN honoring John James | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-04-14 | JEFFREY J. KIMBELL & ASSOCIATES, INC. | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR MICHIGAN honoring John James | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-04-09 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring John James | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-04-09 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring John James | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-04-08 | AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring John James | $1,500 | filing → |
| 2025-03-31 | ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring Rep. John James | $2,500 | filing → |
| 2025-03-25 | BAE SYSTEMS, INC. | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring Rep. John James | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-03-24 | THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, DBA DOW | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring Rep. John James (R) | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-03-21 | XCEL ENERGY, INC | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring John James | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-03-20 | WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC | FECA | JAMES, JOHN honoring John James For Congress, Inc. | $500 | filing → |
| 2025-03-19 | CMS ENERGY CORP | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring Rep. John James | $2,500 | filing → |
| 2025-03-14 | GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring Rep. John James | $2,000 | filing → |
| 2025-03-13 | NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA) | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring James, John | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2025-03-10 | GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring Rep. John James | $5,000 | filing → |
| 2025-03-10 | AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION | FECA | JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS, INC. honoring John James | $1,000 | filing → |
252 item(s) totalling $464,625 across 2024–2026 filings, reported by lobbying registrants and lobbyists on form LD-203. By category: FECA $464,625 (252). These are their disclosures, not this person's: twice a year, registrants must report political contributions and certain honorary payments. An entry here means a lobbying organisation reported money to a committee of theirs or to an event honouring them — it is not a payment to them personally, and it is not evidence of any arrangement. The categories are not equivalent: FECA items are ordinary campaign contributions, while inaugural, library and honorary entries are payments to separate funds that carry no contribution limits. Source: Senate Office of Public Records.
| Sector | Amount | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unclassified | $86,000 | 38.0% | |
| Party & leadership | $74,000 | 32.7% | |
| Ideological / single-issue | $12,000 | 5.3% | |
| Energy & utilities | $10,000 | 4.4% | |
| Corporate | $10,000 | 4.4% | |
| Tech & telecom | $9,500 | 4.2% | |
| Trade association | $6,500 | 2.9% | |
| Labor union | $5,000 | 2.2% |
$226,500 in contributions from other political committees, classified by the donor committee's own registered name. Independent spending for or against them is not included here.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
| Sector | Given to them | Their share | Chamber average | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tech & telecom | $9,500 | 4.2% | 3.7% | 1.1x |
| Energy & utilities | $10,000 | 4.4% | 4.0% | 1.1x |
| Health & pharma | $4,500 | 2.0% | 5.2% | 0.4x |
Read this as a correlation and nothing more. A member sits on the committee that matches their district, and the industries there fund them for the same reason they are there. It is a question worth asking, not an answer.
Their ten largest PAC donors supplied 25% of all PAC money they received.
Everything in the money tables on this page is campaign money, not personal money. It belongs to a political committee, not to the person. The two are separate by law, and this page never mixes them.
| Term | What it is | Whose pocket |
|---|---|---|
| Money in | Contributions a committee received — from individuals, from other political committees (PACs), from party committees. Capped per donor per election and itemised above $200. | The committee's account. Not personal income, and not taxable to the candidate. |
| Money out | What the committee spent: staff, consultants, advertising, travel, rent, card processing, taxes, and contributions to other candidates. Mostly vendors, not politics. | Paid to outside businesses and people. A payee is a supplier, not a beneficiary of a gift. |
| Outside spending | Money spent for or against someone by groups acting independently, who may not coordinate with the campaign. | Never touches the candidate's committee. They cannot direct it or refuse it. |
| Personal finances | Salary, assets, debts, stock trades, outside income, a spouse's employment. | The person's own accounts — not shown in any FEC table. It appears only in the financial-disclosure filings linked in their own section. |
Can campaign money become private money? Not lawfully. Converting campaign funds to personal use is prohibited by 52 U.S.C. § 30114, and the FEC applies an "irrespective test": if the expense would exist even without the campaign — a mortgage, a country-club membership, household groceries — campaign funds cannot pay for it. Salaries to the candidate are allowed only within narrow limits, and payments to a candidate's own business must be at fair market value.
So where would private enrichment show up? Not in the tables above. It would show in the financial-disclosure filings — assets, outside income, stock transactions — or in payments from a committee to a business the person owns, which appear as ordinary payees in "money out". This page gives you both sets of records and leaves the reading to you.