Lee, Mike
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Michael Shumway Lee (born June 4, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Utah, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Lee has been Utah's senior senator since 2019 and the dean of Utah's congressional delegation since 2021. The son of U.S. Solicitor General Rex E. Lee and brother of Utah Supreme Court justice Thomas Rex Lee, Lee began his career as a clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah before clerking for Samuel Alito, who was then a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. From 2002 to 2005, Lee was an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Utah. He joined the administration of Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr., serving as the general counsel in the governor's office from 2005 to 2006. Lee again clerked for Alito after he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Lee was first elected to the Senate in 2010 after defeating incumbent senator Bob Bennett in the Republican primary. Although he refused to endorse Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primaries and voted for Evan McMullin in the general election, Lee eventually became a Trump ally. He endorsed Trump in 2020 and 2024, and supported the Trump administration's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, though he did not sign the Texas v. Pennsylvania amicus brief and ultimately voted to certify the outcome. Lee has been reelected twice, in 2016 and 2022, the latter victory over McMullin. Lee also chaired the Joint Economic Committee from 2019 to 2021.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Lee, Mike
- First name
- Mike
- Last name
- Lee
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Utah U.S. Senate — 2028 General Election 2028-11-07 REP C
- Utah U.S. Senate — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2022 cycle
- Coverage
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $10,885,232.67
- Total disbursements
- $10,478,792.75
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $10,885,232.67 in total receipts for the 2022 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $7,592,448.42;Share: 69.7%;Denominator: $10,885,232.67 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $1,831,436.45;Share: 16.8%;Denominator: $10,885,232.67 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $10,885,232.67 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $10,885,232.67 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $1,422,112.29;Share: 13.1%;Denominator: $10,885,232.67 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $39,235.51;Share: 0.4%;Denominator: $10,885,232.67 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match 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
- 2021-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2022 cycle
- $3,762,253.00
- Itemized
- $3,762,253.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 24348 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $3,762,253.00 in the 2022 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2021 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2022 | Dollars: $76,409.00;Transactions: 514;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2022 | Dollars: $80,080.00;Transactions: 580;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2022 | Dollars: $438,210.00;Transactions: 1,855;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2022 | Dollars: $284,869.00;Transactions: 1,890;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2022 | Dollars: $230,545.00;Transactions: 1,873;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2022 | Dollars: $390,899.00;Transactions: 2,242;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2022 | Dollars: $168,119.00;Transactions: 1,017;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2022 | Dollars: $206,506.00;Transactions: 1,223;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2022 | Dollars: $431,225.00;Transactions: 1,820;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2022 | Dollars: $1,190,548.00;Transactions: 8,912;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2022 | Dollars: $252,756.00;Transactions: 2,384;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2022 | Dollars: $12,087.00;Transactions: 38;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $3,762,253.00 across 24,336 reported transactions in the 2022 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $669,151.00;Transactions: 21,138 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $310,589.00;Transactions: 1,203 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $472,150.00;Transactions: 928 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $660,068.00;Transactions: 618 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $1,650,295.00;Transactions: 449 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 30% in district
- District share basis
- $1,114,056.00 in district and $2,648,197.00 out of district.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; classified denominator is $3,762,253.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| UT | Dollars: $1,114,056.00;Transactions: 6,970;Denominator: $3,762,253.00 |
| CA | Dollars: $399,811.00;Transactions: 2,608;Denominator: $3,762,253.00 |
| TX | Dollars: $388,856.00;Transactions: 2,352;Denominator: $3,762,253.00 |
| FL | Dollars: $233,795.00;Transactions: 1,915;Denominator: $3,762,253.00 |
| VA | Dollars: $204,068.00;Transactions: 642;Denominator: $3,762,253.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $1,421,667.00;Transactions: 9,861;Denominator: $3,762,253.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $3,762,253.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| BONHAM, BRAD | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| BULLEN, JONATHAN W | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| BULLEN, LANCE | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| PERRY, WILLIAM O | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| POULTON, CRAIG | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| REAGAN, WILLIAM K | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| PECK JR, JOHN | $15,503.00 | 7 transactions |
| ICKES, THURMON | $11,925.00 | 24 transactions |
| COOPER, CHARLES JUSTIN MR. | $11,603.00 | 3 transactions |
| DUNN, TIM | $11,603.00 | 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 | $1,968,364.00 | 19716 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $42,522.00 | 97 transactions |
| APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT | $18,050.00 | 11 transactions |
| COLMENA GROUP | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| PERRY HOMES | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| POULTON ASSOCIATES LLC | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| WALKER EDISON | $17,400.00 | 1 transaction |
| COOPER KIRK, PLLC | $11,603.00 | 3 transactions |
| CROWNQUEST | $11,603.00 | 3 transactions |
| GABY FOUNDATION | $11,600.00 | 4 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 | $122,456.00 | 25 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $122,456.00 and 25 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 6 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S0UT00165
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S0UT00165
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S0UT00165
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:L000577
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S0UT00165:2028
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S0UT00165:2022
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- L000577
- fec_candidate_id
- S0UT00165
- fec_candidate_ids
- S0UT00165
- govtrack_id
- 412495
- wikidata_id
- Q627098