THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
McDowell's $2.0 million fundraising profile is 60 percent individual-donor dependent, with 40 percent from PACs and committees, and includes $340K in party and leadership contributions tracked separately from industry sources. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in legal and lobbying services (19 percent), construction and engineering (14 percent), and insurance (10 percent), with lawyers, construction professionals, and real estate investors similarly prominent among his individual donor base. With 57 recorded votes and no stock trade disclosures on file, his legislative activity remains limited in the available record.
Raised · all cycles$2.8M#175 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share19%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes7on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds McDowell (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 McDowell voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 7 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is McDowell'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$141K
RIGHT FOR NC
PAC
2$52K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
PAC
3$37K
VETERANS GUARDIAN
employees
4$34K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
employees
5$27K
FLOW AUTOMOTIVE
employees
COMMITTEES
Natural Resources
Transportation and Infrastructure
Budget
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