THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
McDowell's $2.0 million fundraising profile is balanced between PAC and committee contributions (40%) and individual donors (60%), with an additional $350,000 from party and leadership committees. Industry-tied donations show concentration in legal and lobbying services (19% of industry money), construction and engineering (14%), and insurance, real estate, and health services (each around 8-10%), with individual donor employment patterns aligning most closely to law, construction, and real estate sectors. His voting record spans 57 recorded votes with no stock trading disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$2.0M#192 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share19%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes7on bills touching top donor sectors
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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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