D-CA·U.S. Senate

Alex Padilla

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$10.0M

raised· #24 in party

votes recorded

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SOON

trade disclosures

votes with party· loyal

TRAIL AI

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Padilla's fundraising is split nearly evenly between PAC and committee sources (53%) and individual donations (47%), with $709K in separate party and single-issue political money. Industry-tied contributions show primary donor concentration in labor unions (15% of industry money), followed by lawyers and lobbyists (10%), technology (9%), and securities and investment firms (9%), with individual employed donors notably drawn from securities, legal services, and real estate sectors. He has 113 votes recorded and no stock trade disclosures on file.

Based on FEC donor data and voting records. Statistical patterns only — does not imply causation.

DONOR MIX

Industry shares of CLASSIFIED contributions only · the long tail of small-dollar individual donors isn't tagged

$4.3M

tagged $

Labor Unions21.0%

Lawyers & Lobbyists13.6%

Technology12.9%

Securities & Investment12.8%

Party & Leadership12.1%

Single-Issue Advocacy11.3%

Health Services9.4%

Agriculture6.9%

How to read this: percentages are shares of the 43% of contributions we can trace to an industry (via PAC names and donor employers). Most political money comes from small online donors who don't list an employer, so it can't be traced — that portion isn't shown here.

DATA SOURCES

Financial: FEC · 2022–2026 cycles

Profile: Congress.gov

Votes: House Clerk / Senate · 2021–present

Lobbying: Senate LDA · 2017–present

Trades: STOCK Act disclosures ·

DONOR MIX

Industry shares of CLASSIFIED contributions only · hover a slice for detail

$10.0M

classified

Labor Unions21.0%

Lawyers & Lobbyists13.6%

Technology12.9%

Securities & Investment12.8%

Party & Leadership12.1%

Single-Issue Advocacy11.3%

Health Services9.4%

Agriculture6.9%

TOP SOURCES

Employers (individuals) & PACs · excludes aggregators

Individual Donors (no employer)

individuals

$1,259,543

ADELANTE FUND

corporation

$346,846

CALIFORNIA SENATE VICTORY 2022

PAC

$149,200

CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY

PAC

$148,500

IMPACT

PAC

$40,000

PURPOSE PAC

PAC

$40,000

AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC

PAC

$38,000

WINE INSTITUTE PAC

PAC

$37,000

COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL

PAC

$35,000

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC

PAC

$35,000

EDISON INTERNATIONAL PAC

PAC

$32,000

BLUE SENATE 2022

PAC

$31,010

RECENT ACTIVITY

Most recent recorded contributions · PAC and itemized individual donors

NOVOCURE INC. PAC (A.K.A. NOVOCURE PAC)

PAC · Apr 21, 2026

+$2,500

NOVOCURE INC. PAC (A.K.A. NOVOCURE PAC)

PAC · Apr 20, 2026

−$2,500

STERIS CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A.K.A. STERIS EMPLOYEE PAC)

PAC · Apr 3, 2026

−$2,000

GARCIA, JOSEFINA (TRI-QUEST BUILDERS)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$35

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC

PAC · Mar 31, 2026

+$1,000

WOLF, LEIGH (AT&T)

Individual · Mar 31, 2026

+$25

SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS

Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.

Andy Kim

D-NJ · Senate

Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment

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Ted Lieu

D-CA · House

Labor UnionsLawyers & Lobbyists

HOW WE CALCULATE THIS

Donor Mix Donut

Shows PAC contributions and employer-attributed individual donations grouped by industry — as a share of classified giving only. Contributions that could not be matched to an industry are excluded from the donut but included in the dollar totals above. Advocacy/ideological PACs are excluded from industry breakdown.

What are aggregators?

WinRed, ActBlue, and similar platforms bundle contributions from many individual donors before passing them to campaigns. Because these don't represent a single entity's interests, they are excluded from the Donor Mix and Top Sources views — but they are counted in total fundraising figures.

Data sources

FEC Schedule A & bulk PAC filings · 2022–2026 cycles · Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings · 2017–present · Congress.gov / House Clerk voting records.

Important disclaimer

All data is sourced from public records. Analysis reflects statistical patterns only — it does not imply corruption, intent, or quid pro quo. Donor relationships show financial alignment, not control. Capitol Trail makes no claims about the motivations or character of any individual or organization.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT

Lobbying is when companies, unions, and trade associations pay firms to influence laws and regulations — and the law requires them to disclose it. Every quarter, registrants file a report with Congress detailing who hired them, how much they spent, and which issues they pushed.

This page filters those filings to the industries that also fund this member's campaign. If commercial banks gave 30% of this member's donations and also filed 5,000 lobbying reports on bank-related issues last year, that's a financial pattern worth knowing about. It does not mean the member is corrupt — it means the industries paying to elect them are also paying to influence the laws they vote on.

102,589

Lobbying filings

that overlap top donor industries

$14.5B

Reported spend

across those filings

Donor industries

tracked here

2017–2026

Years covered

10 years

LOBBYING BY DONOR INDUSTRY

only industries that also fund this member

Each row = an industry that donated to this member AND has lobbyists pushing on Congress. Bar width = reported lobbying spend.

Health Services

46,475 filings$4.9B

Securities & Investment

19,298 filings$4.2B

Technology

20,580 filings$3.3B

Agriculture

15,305 filings$1.5B

TOP LOBBYING FIRMS

The firms doing the most spending in this member's donor industries

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

14 filings

$242.0M

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

12 filings

$159.5M

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA

13 filings

$113.6M

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

14 filings

$91.7M

THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC.

13 filings

$76.3M