THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Kim's 2024 Senate campaign relied heavily on individual donors, who provided 91% of his $19.7 million in direct contributions compared to 9% from PACs and committees. Industry-tied contributions were concentrated in legal and financial services—lawyers and lobbyists accounted for 25% of his industry money, followed by securities and investment professionals at 15%—a pattern reflected in his individual donor base, which similarly drew from these sectors plus health services. With 312 recorded votes and no stock trade disclosures on file, his voting record on financial regulation and healthcare matters provides the clearest basis for assessing alignment between his donor composition and legislative priorities.
Raised · all cycles$19.7M▲ 74% in ’24 vs ’22#17 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share25%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes7on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Kim (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 Kim voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 7 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Kim'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$376K
ANDY KIM VICTORY FUND
candidate's own committee
2$239K
WORKING NEW JERSEY
PAC
3$180K
NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMM.
corporation
4$110K
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
employees
5GOOGLE
$81K
employees
COMMITTEES
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Senate Special Committee on Aging
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Jason Crow
D-CO · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Edward J. Markey
D-MA · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Alex Padilla
D-CA · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Ted Lieu
D-CA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Christopher Murphy
D-CT · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
D-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services