get_politician_donors
Get Politician Donors
Read-only8 parameters
What it does
Get the paginated list of campaign donors (individuals and PACs) for a single politician across one election cycle. Returns donor name, amount, type, employer/occupation (individuals), and committee details (PACs). Use this when a user asks "who donated to <politician>" or wants the full donor list. For a quick top-10 + cycle totals overview, use get_politician_donor_summary instead.
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With the Signal8 MCP server connected, your assistant calls this tool when a question needs it. For example:
Using Signal8, get the paginated list of campaign donors.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
slugrequired | string | Politician URL slug (e.g., "sen-nancy-pelosi") |
cycleoptional | string | Election cycle as 4-digit year (e.g. "2024"). Defaults to most recent cycle. |
typeoptional | "individual" | "pac" | "all" | Filter by donor type: 'individual', 'pac', or 'all' (default: 'all') |
minAmountoptional | number | Minimum contribution amount in USD (filters out small donors) |
sortByoptional | "amount" | "date" | "name" | Sort field: 'amount' (default), 'date', or 'name' |
sortOrderoptional | "asc" | "desc" | Sort direction (default: 'desc') |
limitoptional | number | Maximum results to return (default: 50, max: 100) |
offsetoptional | number | Pagination offset (default: 0) |
Other Campaign finance & policy tools
- get_donor_aggregatesMarket-wide campaign-finance rollups for a cycle.
- get_policy_eventsMirrored executive orders from the Federal Register.
- get_policy_trade_leaderboardRank politicians by trades near executive orders.
- get_policy_trade_overlapA politician's trades near policy events.
- get_politician_donor_summaryDonor summary: cycle totals and top donors.