Banks, Jim
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James Edward Banks is an American politician and naval officer serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Indiana. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for Indiana's 3rd congressional district from 2017 to 2025 and an Indiana state senator from 2010 to 2016.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Banks, Jim
- First name
- Jim
- Last name
- Banks
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Indiana 3rd Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP N
- Indiana U.S. Senate — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- Indiana 3rd Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
- Indiana U.S. Senate — 2030 General Election 2030-11-05 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $14,625,727.71
- Total disbursements
- $12,069,981.09
- Cash on hand
- $5,226,713.44
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $14,625,727.71 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
missing_committee_summary; incomplete_committee_summary_coverage
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $4,534,399.13;Share: 31%;Denominator: $14,625,727.71 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $1,432,093.06;Share: 9.8%;Denominator: $14,625,727.71 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $850.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $14,625,727.71 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $14,625,727.71 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $1,234,991.51;Share: 8.4%;Denominator: $14,625,727.71 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $86,167.29;Share: 0.6%;Denominator: $14,625,727.71 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals cannot be reconciled to committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $3,177,384.00
- Itemized
- $3,177,384.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 11959 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $3,177,384.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $40,493.00;Transactions: 94;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $163,870.00;Transactions: 296;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $416,879.00;Transactions: 681;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $76,996.00;Transactions: 377;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $167,330.00;Transactions: 460;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $338,106.00;Transactions: 591;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $67,176.00;Transactions: 292;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $61,630.00;Transactions: 341;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $170,023.00;Transactions: 533;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $47,974.00;Transactions: 406;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $143,476.00;Transactions: 523;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $253,721.00;Transactions: 564;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $108,287.00;Transactions: 387;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $195,794.00;Transactions: 453;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $153,756.00;Transactions: 412;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $51,001.00;Transactions: 397;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $74,781.00;Transactions: 521;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $51,139.00;Transactions: 502;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $65,081.00;Transactions: 682;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $95,592.00;Transactions: 715;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $149,740.00;Transactions: 931;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $242,553.00;Transactions: 1,372;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $35,089.00;Transactions: 358;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $6,897.00;Transactions: 71;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $3,177,384.00 across 11,588 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $302,736.00;Transactions: 9,239 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $214,009.00;Transactions: 736 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $266,976.00;Transactions: 489 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $595,179.00;Transactions: 549 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $1,798,484.00;Transactions: 575 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 28% in district
- District share basis
- $862,512.00 in district and $2,264,972.00 out of district; $49,900.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $49,900.00 with 40 reported transactions; classified denominator is $3,127,484.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| IN | Dollars: $862,512.00;Transactions: 1,444;Denominator: $3,127,484.00 |
| FL | Dollars: $307,761.00;Transactions: 998;Denominator: $3,127,484.00 |
| TX | Dollars: $232,836.00;Transactions: 1,069;Denominator: $3,127,484.00 |
| VA | Dollars: $221,738.00;Transactions: 505;Denominator: $3,127,484.00 |
| NY | Dollars: $206,857.00;Transactions: 520;Denominator: $3,127,484.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $1,295,780.00;Transactions: 7,383;Denominator: $3,127,484.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $49,900.00;Transactions: 40;Denominator: $3,127,484.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| FENECH, BILL | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| SILVERMAN, JEFFREY | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| RAMSEY, JASON | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
| NEAL, ROLLIE | $13,068.00 | 1 transaction |
| SALAMONE, CHRISTOPHER J | $12,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| OLYMPIDIS, GUS | $11,900.00 | 4 transactions |
| BARKLEY, JOSH | $10,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| THRIFT, PAUL | $10,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| WALTERS, KENNETH | $10,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| DIMICCO, DANIEL | $8,300.00 | 3 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $1,534,798.00 | 9163 transactions |
| BLACKSTONE | $32,600.00 | 10 transactions |
| PHYSICIAN | $22,600.00 | 13 transactions |
| KPS CAPITAL PARTNERS | $19,799.00 | 6 transactions |
| CEO | $17,150.00 | 8 transactions |
| AM GENERAL | $15,801.00 | 10 transactions |
| CONSULTANT | $15,274.00 | 15 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $14,840.00 | 27 transactions |
| APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT | $14,100.00 | 6 transactions |
| KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP | $13,900.00 | 5 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $151,224.00 | 73 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $151,224.00 and 73 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H6IN03229
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S4IN00196
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H6IN03229
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H6IN03229
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S4IN00196
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:B001299
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6IN03229:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6IN03229:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S4IN00196:2030
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S4IN00196:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- B001299
- fec_candidate_id
- H6IN03229
- fec_candidate_ids
- H6IN03229,S4IN00196
- govtrack_id
- 412702
- wikidata_id
- Q16146788