Josh
Hawley

Who they are, where they came from

Josh Hawley serves as the senior United States Senator from Missouri, a seat he has held since January 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. Before his Senate service, Hawley served as the 42nd Attorney General of Missouri from 2017 to 2019. He won election to the Senate in 2018, defeating two-term incumbent Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, and was reelected in 2024. Hawley is an attorney by training. In the Senate, his legislative record spans government transparency and ethics, prescription drug pricing, pandemic-origin accountability, nuclear radiation compensation, and historical preservation. He sponsored the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 (S.619), which was enacted into law, requiring declassification of intelligence related to the origins of COVID-19. He has sponsored the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act (S.439), which would restrict Members of Congress and their spouses from holding or trading individual securities. He has also sponsored the Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act (S.1587), addressing pharmaceutical pricing, and the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act (S.243), which would extend compensation programs for individuals exposed to radiation from nuclear testing and uranium mining. Additionally, he introduced the Time to Choose Act of 2025 (S.731) and sponsored legislation to designate America's National Churchill Museum as a National Historic Landmark (S.650).

What they’ve done lately

Where the campaign funds come from

The largest single source of Hawley's receipts this cycle is the "other" category at 79.0% ($1.2M), driven primarily by the JOSH HAWLEY VICTORY COMMITTEE joint fundraising committee ($858,265); direct individual giving accounts for 19.5% of receipts, with itemized contributions making up 79.2% of that share. PAC contributions total $20,500 (1.3%), with named contributors including SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND EARMARKS, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGI, and FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS PAC. Top employer concentrations among individual donors include BOEING, ANTHROPIC, and BLACKSTONE. Outside spending in the cycle totaled $1.7M supporting Hawley — led by SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND ($1.6M) and SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION ($131K) — and $430K opposing him, primarily from PATRIOTS PREVAIL PAC ($379K).