THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Representative Cline's $3.3 million fundraising profile is balanced between PAC and committee contributions (44%) and individual donors (56%), with $235,000 in separate party and leadership funding. His industry-tied donor base shows modest concentration in legal and lobbying services (12%), defense and aerospace (9%), and telecommunications (8%), while smaller shares come from agriculture and construction. Among his individual donors with disclosed employment, lawyers and lobbyists, securities and investment professionals, and retail sector workers are most represented.
Raised · all cycles$3.3M▲ 2% in ’24 vs ’22#146 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share12%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes16on 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.
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How Cline voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 16 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.
Robert B. Aderholt
R-AL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsDefense & AerospaceAgriculture
Trent Kelly
R-MS · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsDefense & AerospaceAgriculture
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R-MS · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsDefense & AerospaceAgriculture
Scott Franklin
R-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsDefense & AerospaceAgriculture
Cliff Bentz
R-OR · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsTelecommunicationsAgriculture
Dan Newhouse
R-WA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsDefense & AerospaceAgriculture