Byron Donalds
39
Moderate self-dealing
5/6 components have data
#15 of 193 scored
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL-19), a member of Financial Services and Oversight, has been in the House since 2021 and has been running for Florida governor since February 2025. He filed no transaction reports for 2022-2023. A Campaign Legal Center complaint followed in September 2024, and in November 2024 he filed a 25-page paper report covering trades back to 2021. Since then his trades have been filed on time and include financial-sector stocks and bitcoin. His PAC money leans heavily toward finance and insurance. During the governor's race he missed 10% of House votes, and his House committee kept spending, drawing an FEC warning. No ethics finding has been made.
Public record
- In Congress since
- 2021
- Committees
- Oversight and Government Reform
Financial Services - Missed votes, 119th Congress
- 10.1% (68 of 674; median member 1.9%)
- Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
- $738K raised · 8% from PACs & committees · $334K cash on hand FEC ↗
The stock-trading ban
H.R. 7008 passage, Jul 22, 2026
YesCosponsored a ban bill
NoneH.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →
Disclosed stock trades
165trades since Jan 2025
82buys
83sells
0filed past 45 days
$214K–$2.6Mdisclosed value range
Most-traded: TTD ×12 · BRO ×9 · CMG ×8 · PGR ×7 · HWM ×6 · PYPL ×6 · FTNT ×6 · TW ×6
2 of 18 reports were filed on paper (scanned images) and aren't itemized here; they're linked from the official index.
| Traded | Filed | Owner | Asset | Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Spouse | NFLX Netflix, Inc. - Common Stock (NFLX) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Member | NFLX Netflix, Inc. - Common Stock (NFLX) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Member | HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. Common Stock (HWM) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Spouse | HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. Common Stock (HWM) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Member | PH Parker-Hannifin Corporation Common Stock (PH) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Spouse | PH Parker-Hannifin Corporation Common Stock (PH) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | Member | ZTS Zoetis Inc. Class A Common Stock (ZTS) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | Spouse | ZTS Zoetis Inc. Class A Common Stock (ZTS) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | Member | CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. - Common Stock (CDNS) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | Spouse | CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc. - Common Stock (CDNS) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | Spouse | MPWR Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. - Common Stock (MPWR) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | Member | MPWR Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. - Common Stock (MPWR) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Apr 2, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | Member | CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Common Stock (CMG) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Apr 2, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | Spouse | CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Common Stock (CMG) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Apr 2, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | Spouse | LLY Eli Lilly and Company Common Stock (LLY) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Apr 2, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | Member | LLY Eli Lilly and Company Common Stock (LLY) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Apr 2, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | Member | INTU Intuit Inc. - Common Stock (INTU) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Apr 2, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | Spouse | INTU Intuit Inc. - Common Stock (INTU) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Apr 2, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | Spouse | MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc. - Common Stock (MRVL) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Apr 2, 2026 | May 13, 2026 | Member | MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc. - Common Stock (MRVL) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Member | NFLX Netflix, Inc. - Common Stock (NFLX) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Spouse | NFLX Netflix, Inc. - Common Stock (NFLX) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Member | TTD The Trade Desk, Inc. - Class A Common Stock (TTD) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Spouse | TTD The Trade Desk, Inc. - Class A Common Stock (TTD) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Member | PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. - Common Stock (PYPL) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Spouse | PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. - Common Stock (PYPL) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | Member | BRO Brown & Brown, Inc. Common Stock (BRO) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | Spouse | BRO Brown & Brown, Inc. Common Stock (BRO) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | Spouse | PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. - Common Stock (PYPL) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | Member | PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. - Common Stock (PYPL) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | Member | NOW ServiceNow, Inc. Common Stock (NOW) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | Spouse | NOW ServiceNow, Inc. Common Stock (NOW) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | Spouse | TTD The Trade Desk, Inc. - Class A Common Stock (TTD) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | Member | TTD The Trade Desk, Inc. - Class A Common Stock (TTD) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Feb 12, 2026 | Spouse | Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) [CT] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Feb 12, 2026 | Member | HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. Common Stock (HWM) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Feb 12, 2026 | Member | PH Parker-Hannifin Corporation Common Stock (PH) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Feb 12, 2026 | Member | TTD The Trade Desk, Inc. - Class A Common Stock (TTD) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Feb 12, 2026 | Spouse | TTD The Trade Desk, Inc. - Class A Common Stock (TTD) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | Member | BTC Bitcoin (BTC) [CT] | Buy | $50,001 - $100,000 | filing ↗ |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | Member | ABT Abbott Laboratories Common Stock (ABT) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | Spouse | ABT Abbott Laboratories Common Stock (ABT) [ST] | Sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | Member | FIX Comfort Systems USA, Inc. Common Stock (FIX) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | Spouse | FIX Comfort Systems USA, Inc. Common Stock (FIX) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Member | BRO Brown & Brown, Inc. Common Stock (BRO) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Member | PGR Progressive Corporation (PGR) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Spouse | V Visa Inc. (V) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Member | HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. Common Stock (HWM) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Spouse | HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. Common Stock (HWM) [ST] | Partial sell | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Member | BRO Brown & Brown, Inc. Common Stock (BRO) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Spouse | BRO Brown & Brown, Inc. Common Stock (BRO) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Member | CCL Carnival Corporation Common Stock (CCL) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Spouse | CCL Carnival Corporation Common Stock (CCL) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Member | CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Common Stock (CMG) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Spouse | CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Common Stock (CMG) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Spouse | FTNT Fortinet, Inc. - Common Stock (FTNT) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Member | FTNT Fortinet, Inc. - Common Stock (FTNT) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Spouse | PGR Progressive Corporation (PGR) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Member | PGR Progressive Corporation (PGR) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | Member | TTD The Trade Desk, Inc. - Class A Common Stock (TTD) [ST] | Buy | $1,001 - $15,000 | filing ↗ |
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Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.
How the score breaks down
Stock self-tradinghousehold / spouse
25% weight
62
Donalds and his wife filed no PTRs for 2022-2023. In September 2024 the Campaign Legal Center asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate 108 unreported trades worth up to $1.6M; no OCE outcome was found. In November 2024 he hand-filed a 25-page paper PTR covering trades from January 2021 to May 2024, in some cases more than three years after the trade. Since then, 173 parsed transactions (about $0.2M to $2.7M) were filed on time. They include financial-sector names his Financial Services and Digital Assets subcommittee work touches: Robinhood, PayPal, Tradeweb, banks and a $50K-$100K bitcoin purchase. Volume is moderate, but the late filings span years and the sector overlap is direct.
CLC (Sept 5, 2024) filed an OCE complaint saying Donalds failed to file PTRs for 108 trades by him and his spouse in 2022-2023 worth up to $1.6 million.Reference databasecampaignlegal.org ↗Florida Bulldog: the complaint flags 2023 trades in six companies under Financial Services jurisdiction (Elevance, Humana, JPMorgan, MSCI, RLI, WaFD); JPMorgan's PAC gave $3,000 in 2023 and the company lobbied on bills he sponsored or co-sponsored.News reportingfloridabulldog.org ↗Paper PTR stamped received Nov 8, 2024 (25 pages) discloses trades dated as early as Jan 5, 2021, with a notification date of 04/24/24.Official recorddisclosures-clerk.house.gov ↗PTR signed Jan 7, 2026 discloses a Dec 18, 2025 purchase of $50,001-$100,000 in Bitcoin.Official recorddisclosures-clerk.house.gov ↗PTR filed April 2025 shows Donalds and his spouse each bought Robinhood (HOOD) on March 6, 2025 and sold March 20, 2025.Official recorddisclosures-clerk.house.gov ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
10
His 2025 federal report lists assets of roughly $1.2M to $3.3M against a $500K-$1M mortgage and $250K-$500K in student loans. His wife earns income from OptimaEd, Dewalt Impact Group and X Corp. No sign of large unexplained growth while serving.
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
40
This shows correlation, not proof. Itemized 2024 PAC money (about $673K) leaned heavily toward finance and insurance, the industries his Financial Services Committee regulates: the American Bankers Association, Mortgage Bankers, UBS, Rock Holdings, Regions, Truist, Wells Fargo, SIFMA, Robinhood and LPL, among others. CLC tied some traded companies to his donors and to lobbying on his bills. There are no official allegations of a quid pro quo.
2024 PAC donors to Byron Donalds for Congress include BankPAC, MORPAC, UBS, Rock Holdings, CUNA ($10,000 each), Regions ($9,000), Truist and Wells Fargo ($7,500 each), SIFMA ($6,000) and Robinhood ($5,500).Reference databaseprojects.propublica.org ↗Elevance Health gave $2,500 and JPMorgan's PAC $3,000 in 2023 while Donalds traded their stock; JPMorgan lobbied on five bills he sponsored or co-sponsored.News reportingfloridabulldog.org ↗
Campaign-fund personal use
15% weight
20
No personal-use allegation was found. While running for governor, his House committee kept raising and spending: it moved $1.2M to the state PAC backing his governor run and spent $136,561 on security. The FEC warned him in 2025 to stop taking House contributions and refund them; the FEC lacks a quorum, so the matter is unresolved. This is a compliance question, not personal use.
Florida Trident/WLRN (Aug 20, 2026): the House campaign transferred $1.2M to Friends of Byron Donalds, spent $136,561.47 on security, and was told by the FEC that contributions raised after his governor announcement must be refunded.News reportingwlrn.org ↗FEC 2026 cycle: $738,092 raised and $2,143,626 spent by the House committee from Jan 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.Official recordfec.gov ↗
Revolving door & familyno data
15% weight
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His wife runs OptimaEd, an education company, but no federal contracts, lobbying or official action tied to his office were found.
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
48
Voteview shows 68 missed votes out of 674 (10.1%) in the 119th Congress, about five times the House median, during his 2025-26 campaign for Florida governor. His House committee kept fundraising and spending through that period. Running for another office is stated as context and keeps the score below members who skip votes purely to fundraise.
Sources behind this score: 2 reference database · 5 news reporting · 5 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →
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