Politician
Brian Mast
Republican · Florida · ran 4 times since 2020, won 4 · incumbent
FEC candidate H6FL18097
Brian Mast (Republican) raised $5.1M for the 2026 Florida 21st District race, $485K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $401K for and $85K against them (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). They won.
Raised, all runs
$22M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020
From PAC checks
9%
$2.0M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$488K
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$173K
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each general election, with the money behind it and the result.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida 21st District | $5.1M | 10% | $401K / $85K | – | $5.6M | ✓ Won |
| 2024 | Florida 21st District | $4.0M | 9% | $6K / $0 | – | $4.0M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Florida 21st District | $6.3M | 6% | $27K / $0 | – | $6.4M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | Florida 18th District | $6.2M | 13% | $54K / $88K | – | $6.3M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $590KTrade group $250KUnion $242KLeadership PAC $205KOther $171KSuper PAC $133KMembership $128KParty $8K
- WinredSuper PAC$100K
- Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating EngineersUnionLobbyist PAC$30K
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$25K
- Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and JoinersUnionLobbyist PAC$25K
- Guidewell Mutual Holding Corporation Political Action Committee (Guidewell PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- National Association of Realtors Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$20K
- The Home Depot Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Hispanic Leadership Trust PartnershipOther$16K
- Seafarers Political Activity Donation - Seafarers International Union of Na-AgliwUnion$15K
- Employees of Rtx Corporation Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- Chevron Employees Political Action Committee - Chevron CorporationCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- Jm Family Enterprises, Inc PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- Valor Projectfor $379K
- America's Future Majority Fundagainst $88K
- Serving Florida PACagainst $85K
- Pavc PACfor $47K
- American Veterans Initiative PACfor $31K
- Special Operations for Americafor $23K
- Defenders of Freedom and Securityfor $6K
- The Guardian Fundfor $1K
- American Veterans Support Group PACfor $405
The payback
How they voted on their funders' bills
On the 32 key votes where Brian Mast had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 24 times (75%). Money is PAC checks plus credited super PAC support across every run since 2020; “with industry” is the vote the industry lobbied for.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $48K | Yea · with industry |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Members who trade stocks wanted nay | $464K | Yea · against |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $267K | Nay · against |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $1K | Yea · with industry |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $124K$43K | Yea · with industryYea · against |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $124K | Yea · with industry |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $80K | Yea · with industry |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $267K | Nay · against |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $43K | Yea · with industry |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $48K | Yea · with industry |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | – | Yea · with industry |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | – | Yea · with industry |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $43K$27K | Yea · with industryYea · with industry |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $27K | Yea · with industry |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $43K | Yea · with industry |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $27K | Yea · with industry |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | – | Yea · with industry |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $43K | Yea · with industry |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | – | Yea · with industry |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $60K | Yea · with industry |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | – | Yea · with industry |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $60K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $60K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $48K | Nay · against |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $30K | Yea · with industry |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $267K | Yea · against |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $48K | Nay · against |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $60K | Yea · with industry |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $1K | Yea · with industry |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $43K | Yea · with industry |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $43K | Yea · with industry |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $58K | 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 | $43K$30K$27K | Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $1K | Nay · with industry |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $1K | Nay · with industry |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $30K | Nay · with industry |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $1K | Nay · with industry |
| PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $267K | Nay · against |
Their own portfolio
39 stock trades, worth $464K–$1.5M
Reported under the STOCK Act from 13 filings since 2021, including trades by a spouse or dependent child. 20 buys, 18 sells. Heaviest in wall street and hedge funds ($1K+), telecom and media ($395+), tech and ai ($350+).
Most traded
- AMTX Aemetis, Inc$83K+6 trades
- TLRY Tilray Brands, Inc. - Class 2$82K+5 trades
- SPCE Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.$32K+4 trades
- APHA Aphria Inc. - Common Shares$30K+2 trades
- IPWR Ideal Power Inc.$30K+2 trades
- ESGC 2000083712 Eros STX Global Corporation A Ordinary Shares$16K+2 trades
- IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF$15K+1 trades
- UGRO urban-gro, Inc.$15K+1 trades
Latest trades
- buyAMZN2024-03-04 · stock · child$350
- buyT2024-03-04 · stock · child$172
- buyT2024-03-04 · stock · child$223
- sellIWM2022-04-18 · stock$15K–$50K
- sellSDC2022-04-18 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellTLRY2022-04-18 · stock$1K–$15K
- sellUGRO2022-04-18 · stock$15K–$50K
- sellSPCE2022-04-18 · stock$1K–$15K
Filings on the House Clerk's site.
The revolving door
1 former aide now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in Brian Mast's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A former staffer gets the meeting.
Nicole WrightFormer congressional staff
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aide, Legislative Correspondent, and Intern; U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, Staff Assistant; U.S House Co…
Now lobbies for Novo Nordisk, INC. · via The Nickles Group, LLC
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Brian Mast's 2026 campaign?
- Brian Mast (Republican) raised $5.1M for the 2026 Florida 21st District race, $485K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $401K for and $85K against them (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to Brian Mast?
- Employees of Rtx Corporation Political Action Committee ($10K), Chevron Employees Political Action Committee - Chevron Corporation ($10K), Jm Family Enterprises, Inc PAC ($10K), National Marine Manufacturers Association and Marine Retailers Association Boat PAC ($10K), Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PAC ($10K) in 2026.
- Which super PACs spent on Brian Mast's race?
- Valor Project ($354K for), Serving Florida PAC ($85K against), Pavc PAC ($47K for) in 2026.
- How much has Brian Mast raised across elections?
- $5.1M in 2026 (Florida 21st District), $4.0M in 2024 (Florida 21st District), $6.3M in 2022 (Florida 21st District), $6.2M in 2020 (Florida 18th District).