THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Ben Cline's $3.3 million fundraising profile shows roughly equal reliance on PAC and committee money (44%) versus individual donors (56%), with $209K in separate party and leadership contributions. Industry-tied contributions show modest diversification across legal services, defense contracting, telecommunications, agriculture, and construction, each representing 7-12% of industry money, while his individual donor base includes notable representation from lawyers, investment professionals, and retail sector workers. No stock trades have been disclosed on file.
Raised · all cycles$3.3M▲ 2% in ’24 vs ’22#146 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share12%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes15on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Cline (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 Cline voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 15 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Cline'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$30K
MEL WHEELER, INC.
employees
2$28K
BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
3$27K
HOUSE FREEDOM FUND
PAC
4$25K
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC
PAC
5$25K
BUILDING BRIDGES PAC
PAC
COMMITTEES
Judiciary
Appropriations
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Budget
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R-MS · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsDefense & AerospaceAgriculture
Trent Kelly
R-MS · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsDefense & AerospaceAgriculture
Robert B. Aderholt
R-AL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsDefense & AerospaceAgriculture
Scott Franklin
R-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsDefense & AerospaceAgriculture
John J. McGuire III
R-VA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsDefense & AerospaceAgriculture
Cliff Bentz
R-OR · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsTelecommunicationsAgriculture