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WHERE

Where do Ryan Zinke's campaign contributions come from?

Funding summary

Total raised
$10.1M
Total spent
$9.5M
Cash on hand
$681K

Where the money came from

  • Individual donors$8.0M(79%)
  • PACs$1.3M(13%)
  • Political parties$249(0%)
  • Self-funding$0(0%)
  • Other receipts$873K(9%)

Top industries

Of $846K in itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. This is only a slice of total fundraising — PACs, parties, small-dollar donors, and self-funding are not included here.

  • General Business$489K
  • Technology & Media$70K
  • Finance & Real Estate$68K
  • Energy & Natural Resources$59K
  • Healthcare$45K

An additional $3.3Min itemized donations couldn't be classified — either the donor left the employer field blank or listed “retired”/“self-employed,” or the employer didn't match a known industry.

TRACKING

Vote-finance correlation

Moderate confidence

Data through Jul 2026 · Sources: 2FEC individual filings (2026 cycle), Congress.gov roll calls (119th Congress) [68]

Ryan Zinke voted on 68 bills. He received $3,651,546.81 in donations. There is a strong pattern between donations from the Energy/Natural Resources sector and Zinke's voting record. He voted yea on 100% of the 12 bills analyzed from this sector. Zinke also voted yea on 90.9% of 22 bills analyzed from the Finance/Insurance/Real Estate sector. He received no donations from this sector. Zinke voted yea on 57.1% of 28 bills analyzed from the Defense sector.

Fewer than 5 other members of the MT House delegation have comparable data right now, so no peer comparison is shown.

This analysis shows factual patterns in public data. Campaign contributions are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Voting alignment with donor industries is common across all legislators. Correlation does not indicate causation or improper behavior.

Full methodology and academic citations

Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Totals reflect the current two-year cycle. Industry breakdown covers only itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. Full methodology

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