Politician
John Curtis
Republican · Utah · ran 1 time since 2020, won 1
FEC candidate S4UT00282
John Curtis (Republican) raised $5.7M for the 2024 Utah Senate race, $2.0M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $111K against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). They won.
Raised, all cycles
$5.7M
2024; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
36%
$2.0M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$0
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$111K
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Utah Senate | $5.7M | 36% | $0 / $111K | $138K | $5.9M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $455KTrade group $191KLeadership PAC $122KMembership $53KOther $49KUnion $25KSuper PAC $13K
- Dirigo PACLeadership PAC$15K
- United Parcel Service, Inc. PAC (Upspac)CorporateLobbyist PAC$13K
- Build Political Action Committee of the National Association of Home Builders (Buildpac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
- Fox Corporation Political Action Committee (Fox PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- 1-800 Contacts, Inc. PACCorporate$10K
- Continuing America's Strength and Security PACLeadership PAC$10K
- Jobs Opportunity and New Ideas PACLeadership PAC$10K
- The Peter Norbeck Leadership PACLeadership PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- Utahns for Libertyagainst $100K
- Hometown Freedom Action Networkagainst $11K
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 23 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 18 times (78%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most-favored-nation drug pricingSenate · 2026 · 49–49 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $379K | Nay · with industry |
| Block Israel arms sale (Apr 2026)Senate · 2026 · 40–59 | Pro-Israel groups wanted nay | $8K | Nay · with industry |
| ACA enhanced premium tax creditsSenate · 2025 · 51–48 | Insurance wanted yea | $54K | Nay · against |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingSenate · 2025 · 49–45 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $179K | Yea · with industry |
| Block Israel arms sale (Jul 2025)Senate · 2025 · 24–73 | Pro-Israel groups wanted nay | $8K | Nay · with industry |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActSenate · 2025 · 50–50 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $179K$96K | Yea · with industryYea · with industry |
| Halve Medicare drug prices (Sanders)Senate · 2025 · 47–53 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $379K | Nay · with industry |
| Strike the AI moratoriumSenate · 2025 · 99–1 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $118K | Yea · against |
| Crypto corruption amendmentSenate · 2025 · 47–53 | Crypto wanted nay | $0 | Nay · with industry |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)Senate · 2025 · 68–30 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| California clean cars waiver repealSenate · 2025 · 51–44 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $179K | Yea · with industry |
| OCC bank merger rule repealSenate · 2025 · 52–47 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $96K | Yea · with industry |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealSenate · 2025 · 52–48 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $96K | Yea · with industry |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealSenate · 2025 · 70–28 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealSenate · 2025 · 52–47 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $179K | Yea · with industry |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Yea · with industry |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Yea · with industry |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $22K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $267K | Yea · with industry |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $35K | Yea · against |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $22K | Nay · against |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Yea · with industry |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $9K | Yea · with industry |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $132K | Yea · with industry |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $132K | Yea · with industry |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $23K | Nay · with industry |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $48K$56K$14K | Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $3K | Nay · with industry |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $3K | Nay · with industry |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $56K | Nay · with industry |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $3K | Nay · with industry |
| PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $16K | Nay · against |
Constituents vs. funders
Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 2 of 8 key votes (25%)
On 4 votes, industries that gave them $10K+ before the vote wanted the opposite of what most of their constituents wanted. They sided with the funders 4 times and with their constituents 0. Constituent views come from the Cooperative Election Study, a survey of about 60,000 adults a year. A side counts as what constituents wanted only when it leads by more than the margin of error; closer results are shown as split. Party explains most votes, and none of this shows that money changed a vote.
| Vote | Their constituents | Their funders | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most-favored-nation drug pricingSenate · 2026 | 85% support ±5Utah · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | $379K Pharma and health care wanted nay | NayFunders over voters |
| ACA enhanced premium tax creditsSenate · 2025 | 43% support ±7Utah · split · CES 2024 · related question | $54K Insurance wanted yea | NayVoters split |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingSenate · 2025 | 42% support ±7Utah · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | $179K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaWith voters |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActSenate · 2025 | 63% support ±7Utah · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | $179K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea$96K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | YeaWith voters |
| Halve Medicare drug prices (Sanders)Senate · 2025 | 85% support ±5Utah · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | $379K Pharma and health care wanted nay | NayFunders over voters |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 | 59% support ±12UT-03 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $132K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaVoters split |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 | 59% support ±12UT-03 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $132K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaVoters split |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 | 62% support ±12UT-03 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | $48K Oil, gas and coal wanted nay$56K Pharma and health care wanted nay$14K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | NayFunders over voters |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 | 49% support ±12UT-03 · split · CES 2022 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 | 84% support ±5Utah (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 | 88% support ±8UT-03 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | $56K Pharma and health care wanted nay | NayFunders over voters |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 | 87% support ±5Utah (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
Household disclosures
231 reported transactions, with volume $329K–$3.7M
Reconciled electronic STOCK Act reports from 24 filings since 2021, covering all reported asset types and transactions by a spouse or dependent child. 85 buys, 146 sells. Heaviest in tech and ai ($103K+), wall street and hedge funds ($40K+), agriculture, food and retail ($31K+).
Most traded
- AMZN Amazon.com, Inc.$32K+4 trades
- MSFT Microsoft Corporation$19K+5 trades
- GOOG Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock$15K+1 trades
- DOMO Domo, Inc. - Class B$15K+1 trades
- AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.$5K+5 trades
- HLT Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.$5K+5 trades
- TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc.$5K+5 trades
- UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Common Stock$5K+5 trades
Latest trades
- sellABT2023-12-04 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- sellADBE2023-12-04 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- sellAMD2023-12-04 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- sellGOOG2023-12-04 · stock · joint$15K–$50K
- sellAMZN2023-12-04 · stock · joint$15K–$50K
- sellAXP2023-12-04 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- sellAAPL2023-12-04 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- sellAMAT2023-12-04 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
Filings on the House Clerk's site.
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded John Curtis's 2024 campaign?
- John Curtis (Republican) raised $5.7M for the 2024 Utah Senate race, $2.0M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $111K against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to John Curtis?
- Dirigo PAC ($15K), United Parcel Service, Inc. PAC (Upspac) ($13K), Build Political Action Committee of the National Association of Home Builders (Buildpac) ($10K), Fox Corporation Political Action Committee (Fox PAC) ($10K), 1-800 Contacts, Inc. PAC ($10K) in 2024.
- Which super PACs spent on John Curtis's race?
- Utahns for Liberty ($100K against), Hometown Freedom Action Network ($11K against) in 2024.