Corruption Risk · 4-Vector Breakdown
Corruption isn't just trade-based. Here's the four ways political pressure can flow, scored independently from the public record.
Vector 1 · Personal Enrichment trade-based
Graves reports zero personal stock trades across all available disclosure periods, indicating either no personal trading activity or full delegation to a blind trust or spouse. No family trades are recorded. He is effectively inactive as a market participant. There are no sector anomalies to report, as there are no trades.
Trades 5y0
Buys / sells0 / 0
Volume 5y—
Late filing—
Trader typeMinimal activity
Narrative from model run 2026-04-30; figures in the stat row are live (deduplicated, 5y).
Vector 2 · Donor Funding money in
PAC contributions dominate Graves' fundraising, with $30.8M total PAC direct USD over 5 years. The top industry by PAC percentage is corporate_other at 41.5% ($12.8M), followed by transportation at 11.3% ($3.5M) and trade_association at 7.5% ($2.3M). His donor-to-committee alignment score is 82, indicating strong overlap between donor industries and his committee jurisdictions.
Direct PAC$7.2M
Outside $ for$3K
Outside $ against$7K
Cycles5
FEC PAC + independent-expenditure files, all cycles on record, never summed across direction. By cycle and industry →
Vector 3 · Committee Pressure lobbying around
Transportation and defense industries dominate PAC donations, with $3.5M from transportation PACs (11.3% of total) and $1.9M from defense PACs (6.1% of total), directly aligned with his committee chairmanship.
transportation
$3.5M from transportation PACs per get_donor_industry_breakdown.top_industries[1]
↳ PAC donations from industry regulated by committee
defense
$1.9M from defense PACs per get_donor_industry_breakdown.top_industries[4]
↳ PAC donations from defense contractors while on Armed Services Committee
Top influence channels
PAC donations
corporate_other
$30.8M
lobbying targeting committees
AMERICAN LEGION
$7.0M
Committees2
Carve-outs on traded tickers0
Narrative from model run 2026-04-30. Jurisdiction vs. trades, committee by committee →
Recent Stock Trades
No reported stock trades on record for Sam Graves.
🔮 GOVGREED FORECAST · 30-DAY WINDOW
Predicted next trades · 13 active · all →
↓ free sample below · 12 more for Members
Voting Pattern
Graves has voted yea 57 times and nay 9 times in the current Congress, with 100% attendance. Recent high-profile votes include yea on HR.2493 and S.1020, and nay on HR.1689.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Sam Graves trade stocks?
No STOCK Act trade disclosures appear in GovGreed's database for Sam Graves. Members must disclose trades over $1,000 within 45 days; a member with no filings either holds no individual stocks, trades through exempt vehicles like broad mutual funds, or has never filed.
How can I track Sam Graves's stock trades?
GovGreed ingests House Clerk STOCK Act filings daily and scores each trade against committee assignments, bill activity, and donor patterns. This page updates automatically; GovGreed members get real-time alerts the moment a new Sam Graves disclosure lands.
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