Mike
Lee

Who they are, where they came from

Michael Shumway Lee serves as the senior United States Senator from Utah, a seat he has held since January 2011. He has been Utah's senior senator since 2019 and the dean of Utah's congressional delegation since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Lee is an attorney by training. His legislative record spans a range of policy areas including federal land use, military readiness, healthcare regulation, civil liberties, and fiscal policy. He has sponsored the Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act (S.1954), which addresses regulatory pathways for biosimilar drugs, and the VALID Act (S.4387), which concerns diagnostic test oversight. On federal lands, he has sponsored legislation to authorize off-highway vehicle use in certain Capitol Reef-area lands (S.2970), to protect access to historic roadways (S.90), and to expand outdoor accessibility (S.2968). On military and defense matters, he has sponsored the Ensuring Naval Readiness Act (S.406) and the Ensuring Coast Guard Readiness Act (S.407). He has also sponsored legislation addressing federal employee union activity (S.1313), repealing the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (S.515), restricting U.S. foreign assistance related to abortion (S.250), and allowing health savings accounts to be used for certain life-related expenses (S.251). Additional sponsored measures include the SAVE Act (S.128), the ACE Act (S.311), the SHUSH Act (S.345), the Knife Owners' Protection Act of 2025 (S.346), the SHIELD U Act (S.1250), the ISLET Act (S.3105), the Restoring the First Amendment and Right to Peaceful Civil Disobedience Act (S.223), the Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025 (S.457), and the America First Act (S.62).

What they’ve done lately

Where the campaign funds come from

Most of Lee's $2.0M in cycle receipts came from individuals (83.2%), with itemized contributions making up 60.0% of individual giving. Top PAC contributors include Mike Lee Victory Fund ($70,091), The American Electric Power Committee for Responsible Government ($15,000), Framatome Inc PAC ($10,000), and Enterprise Holdings, Inc. PAC ($10,000). Top employer concentrations include Quantum Capital Group, Pattern, and Hilcorp Energy Company. Outside spending totaled $5.9M supporting Lee — led by Liberty Champions ($1.6M), Club for Growth Action ($1.6M), and Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.2M) — and $4.6M opposing him, entirely from Put Utah First PAC.