James Bruner

Individual

Also gave $125K to joint fundraising committees. That isn't in the totals here, because those committees pass the money on to others.

Grouped by the exact name reported to the FEC, which has no ID for individual donors. Other people with this name may be included.

Total Contributed

$105K

Contributions

131

Recipients

Active Period

1999–2026

Donor Profile

Party Lean

R $74KD $6K

Top States

IL$46K

WI$15K

GA$7K

WY$5K

CA$5K

Giving Trend

↓ 20%

2025–2026 vs 2023–2024

Employer

UNITED CONTRACTORS MIDWEST

Summary

BRUNER, JAMES is an individual political donor based in FL. They have contributed $105K across 131 contributions to 46 recipients. Their average contribution is $798.641. Top recipients include VOLUNTEERS FOR SHIMKUS, RODNEY DAVIS VICTORY FUND, FRIENDS OF RAY LAHOOD. Their political giving spans from the 2000 to the 2026 election cycle, with peak giving of $18K in 2020.

Giving Pattern by Cycle

Contribution amounts per election cycle, colored by recipient party

All Recipients

Committees and candidates receiving contributions, all cycles

#	Name	Party	State	Total	Contributions
1	VOLUNTEERS FOR SHIMKUS	Republican	IL	$20,600	16
2	RODNEY DAVIS VICTORY FUND	—	WI	$10,000	1
3	FRIENDS OF RAY LAHOOD	Republican	IL	$9,500	8
4	ILLINOIS LINCOLN PAC	Republican	GA	$6,800	4
5	COUNTRY OVER PARTY PAC	—	WY	$5,400	4
6	OBERWEIS FOR SENATE	Republican	IL	$5,200	2
7	RESTORING OUR DEMOCRACY (ROD PAC)	Republican	WI	$5,000	1
8	VALADAO FOR CONGRESS	Republican	CA	$5,000	2
9	FRIENDS OF DAVE JOYCE	Republican	OH	$5,000	2
10	DON TRACY FOR ILLINOIS, NFP	—	—	$3,500	1
11	TRUMP SAVE AMERICA JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE	—	VA	$3,492	14
12	COSTELLO FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE	Democratic	MI	$2,000	1
13	MARTER FOR CONGRESS	Republican	IL	$2,000	2
14	JOHN THUNE FOR US SENATE	Republican	SD	$2,000	2
15	HASTERT FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE	Republican	IL	$2,000	1
16	BOBBY SCHILLING FOR CONGRESS	Republican	IL	$1,250	2
17	KEEP OUR MISSION PAC	—	VA	$1,000	1
18	BAKER FOR CONGRESS	Republican	IL	$1,000	1
19	COMMITTEE TO ELECT MARK ALLIEGRO	Republican	MA	$1,000	1
20	NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS	Republican	DC	$1,000	1
21	REGAN4CONGRESS	Republican	IL	$1,000	1
22	BETSY DIRKSEN LONDRIGAN FOR CONGRESS	Democratic	IL	$1,000	3
23	READY PAC	—	DC	$1,000	1
24	MIDDLE GROUND PAC	Republican	IL	$1,000	1
25	FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE	Democratic	IL	$1,000	2

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Source: FEC bulk data

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