POTUS

Prior offices held

Governor of California (2019–present); Lieutenant Governor of California (2011–2019); Mayor of San Francisco (2004–2011).

Religion

Roman Catholic

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

Co-founded the PlumpJack Group of wineries, restaurants and hotels, held in a blind trust while in office; his businesses' pandemic-era treatment and wine-industry regulation drew conflict questions.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$25M through his ballot-measure and campaign committees, plus ~$10M in labor and industry PAC money.

Prior offices held

Vice President of the United States (2021–2025); U.S. Senator from California (2017–2021); California Attorney General; San Francisco District Attorney.

Religion

Baptist (Black Baptist church; interfaith family)

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

Her husband's partnership at the law firm DLA Piper, which represents corporate and foreign clients, prompted recusal arrangements; no family business holdings otherwise reported.

PAC money accepted

Mixed — declined corporate PAC money, but ~$100M+ was spent by supportive super PACs in 2024.

Prior offices held

No elected or appointed public office; executive vice president of the Trump Organization.

Religion

Presbyterian background; non-practicing

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

Runs the Trump Organization's day-to-day business with his brother and is a partner in the venture firm 1789 Capital, which invests in companies that benefit from friendly federal policy — the most direct family-business overlap of any 2028 name.

PAC money accepted

Indirect — no campaign of his own; helped raise a reported ~$50M+ for allied super PACs and MAGA Inc.

Prior offices held

U.S. Senator from Florida (2011–2025); Speaker of the Florida House; Florida state representative; West Miami city commissioner.

Religion

Roman Catholic

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

Past scrutiny over his use of a Florida GOP credit card for personal expenses, a home co-owned with a political ally, and lobbying work by close family associates; no current business holdings of significance.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$4M in PAC contributions across Senate campaigns; ~$60M spent by pro-Rubio super PACs in 2016.

Prior offices held

Governor of Florida (2019–present); U.S. Representative for Florida (2013–2018); U.S. Navy JAG officer.

Religion

Roman Catholic

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

His wife's Hope Florida Foundation and its affiliated political committee drew a legislative investigation over money routed from a Medicaid settlement, and his gubernatorial travel and donor-funded flights have been repeatedly questioned.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$130M raised by the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down super PAC in 2023, plus ~$90M transferred from his state committee.

Prior offices held

U.S. Ambassador to Japan (2022–2025); Mayor of Chicago (2011–2019); White House chief of staff (2009–2010); U.S. Representative for Illinois (2003–2009).

Religion

Jewish

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

Earned millions at investment bank Wasserstein Perella and later Centerview Partners between government jobs, and his brothers' careers in Hollywood and health care keep family-business questions in play.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$10M in PAC and business-committee money across his congressional and Chicago mayoral campaigns.

Prior offices held

Governor of Kentucky (2019–present); Kentucky Attorney General (2016–2019).

Religion

Disciples of Christ

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

His father is former governor Steve Beshear, whose administration's appointments and clemency decisions overlapped with his own attorney general and gubernatorial tenure — a family-political rather than family-business tie.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$4M in PAC money, largely labor and trial-lawyer groups, across two governor's races.

Prior offices held

Governor of Maryland (2023–present); CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation; U.S. Army captain.

Religion

Christian (Baptist)

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

Held a stake in Robin Hood-affiliated ventures and sold his interest in a startup on taking office; the Bronze Star listing on a fellowship application remains the sharper credibility issue.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$5M in PAC and business-committee contributions in his 2022 governor's race.

Prior offices held

U.S. Secretary of Transportation (2021–2025); Mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012–2020); U.S. Navy Reserve intelligence officer.

Religion

Episcopalian

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

His McKinsey & Company client list was withheld before public pressure forced partial disclosure; airline and rail industry lobbying access during his cabinet tenure drew watchdog criticism.

PAC money accepted

Mixed — refused fossil-fuel and corporate PAC money; ~$1M in other PAC/committee funds in 2020.

Prior offices held

Governor of Minnesota (2019–present); U.S. Representative for Minnesota (2007–2019); Army National Guard command sergeant major.

Religion

Roman Catholic (Lutheran-attending)

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

No significant family business holdings; his household finances are among the most modest of any recent national candidate, with disclosure fights centered on his National Guard record instead.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$8M in labor and party PAC money across his campaigns for governor.

Prior offices held

U.S. Senator from Missouri (2019–present); Missouri Attorney General (2017–2019); constitutional law professor.

Religion

Evangelical Protestant

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

His wife's appellate litigation practice has represented clients in cases before courts and agencies he oversees, and his family's book and speaking income draws recurring disclosure questions.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$5M in PAC contributions across his Senate campaigns, plus allied super PAC spending.

Prior offices held

U.S. Senator from New Jersey (2013–present); Mayor of Newark (2006–2013); Newark city council member.

Religion

Baptist

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

Long-running questions over his ties to the pharmaceutical industry, whose executives were among his largest donors, and over payments from a law firm that did business with Newark while he was mayor.

PAC money accepted

Mixed — stopped corporate PAC money in 2018; ~$2M in PAC funds before that, ~$1M from other PACs since.

Prior offices held

U.S. Representative for New York's 14th district (2019–present).

Religion

Roman Catholic

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

No family business holdings; the main disclosure fights have been over campaign-expenditure reporting and the borrowed Met Gala dress, not private financial interests.

PAC money accepted

No — $0 in corporate PAC money; ~99% small-dollar, roughly $15M raised in the 2024 cycle.

Prior offices held

U.S. Senator from Ohio (2023–2025); venture capitalist and author before politics.

Religion

Catholic (convert, 2019)

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

His pre-political career at Peter Thiel-backed Mithril Capital and his own Narya Capital left him with venture holdings and close ties to major tech donors who later funded his campaigns; he divested some positions but retains fund interests disclosed in federal filings.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$8M in PAC/committee money to his 2022 Senate run, plus ~$15M from allied tech-donor super PACs.

Prior offices held

No prior elected office; founder of Roivant Sciences and Strive Asset Management; 2024 presidential candidate.

Religion

Hindu

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

Retains large holdings in the biotech and asset-management firms he founded, including Strive, whose anti-ESG funds trade in the same companies he campaigns about.

PAC money accepted

Yes — largely self-funded in 2024, with several million in PAC and allied committee money since.

Prior offices held

Governor of Pennsylvania (2023–present); Pennsylvania Attorney General (2017–2023); Montgomery County commissioner; state representative.

Religion

Conservative Jewish

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

No family business holdings; scrutiny has centered on donor access to his administration and his office's handling of a senior aide's harassment settlement.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$10M in PAC and committee money across his 2022 governor's race.

Prior offices held

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018); Governor of South Carolina (2011–2017); South Carolina state representative.

Religion

Methodist (raised Sikh)

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

Post-office consulting and board work — including a Boeing directorship she resigned in 2020 and paid speaking engagements — plus her husband's defense-sector employment have drawn conflict questions.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$50M raised by allied super PACs (SFA Fund) in the 2024 primary; ~$2M in direct PAC money.

Prior offices held

U.S. Senator from Texas (2013–present); Solicitor General of Texas (2003–2008).

Religion

Southern Baptist

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

His wife is a longtime Goldman Sachs managing director, a tie he failed to fully disclose in 2012 loan filings; he has also drawn scrutiny over crypto-industry donations and personal bitcoin purchases while legislating on digital assets.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$3M in PAC contributions in the 2024 cycle, heavily energy-sector; ~$30M in outside super PAC support.

Prior offices held

Governor of Virginia (2022–2026); co-CEO of the Carlyle Group before politics.

Religion

Protestant (Anglican/Episcopal tradition)

Conflict-of-interest / family business ties

Wealth comes from his co-CEO tenure at the Carlyle Group; he kept substantial private-equity and fund interests in a blind-trust arrangement, and Democrats questioned whether state economic-development decisions touched former Carlyle portfolio companies.

PAC money accepted

Yes — ~$20M through his Spirit of Virginia PAC, largely business and self-funded donors.