THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Bean's 2024 fundraising was evenly split between PAC and committee contributions (51%) and individual donors (49%), with an additional $925K in party and leadership money. Industry-tied donations show concentration in legal and lobbying services (15%), health services (12%), insurance (9%), real estate (8%), and securities and investment (6%), patterns reflected among his individual donors who work in law, real estate, and healthcare. Across 147 recorded votes, Bean has not filed stock trade disclosures.
Raised · all cycles$4.8M▲ 44% in ’24 vs ’22#106 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share15%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes5on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Bean (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Bean voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Bean's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$416K
KEEP FLORIDA RED PAC
PAC
2$163K
AARON BEAN TEAM
candidate's own committee
3$129K
AMERICAN DREAM FEDERAL ACTION
PAC
4$30K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
5$30K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
employees
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Ways and Means
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Tina Smith
D-MN · Senate
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Vern Buchanan
R-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesInsurance
Beth Van Duyne
R-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesInsurance
Darin LaHood
R-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesInsurance
Bradley Scott Schneider
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesInsurance
Thom Tillis
R-NC · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesInsurance