THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Cassidy's $8.4 million fundraising profile draws 62 percent from individual donors and 38 percent from PACs and committees, with $438,000 in separate party and single-issue contributions. Among industry-tied money, his top donor sectors are Health Services (19 percent), Securities & Investment (18 percent), and Lawyers & Lobbyists (14 percent), with additional contributions from Pharmaceuticals & Biotech (8 percent) and Insurance (6 percent); individual donors employed in these same sectors—particularly securities, legal, and healthcare fields—represent a consistent donor pattern. Cassidy has filed 208 stock trades under the STOCK Act disclosure requirements across 114 recorded votes.
Raised · all cycles$8.4M▲ 38% in ’24 vs ’22#23 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share19%Health Services
Donor-sector votes4on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Cassidy (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 Cassidy voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Cassidy'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$516K
FIRST HORIZON
corporation
2$81K
ONE TEAM SENATE MAJORITY
PAC
3$56K
WIN RED
PAC
4$40K
NEUBERGER BERMAN
employees
5$39K
TEXAS ONCOLOGY
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Committee–Donor Overlap93%
Bill Cassidy (R) chairs the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee overseeing Health Services — their largest tracked donor sector
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, which has jurisdiction over the Health Services sector. Health Services comprises 17.9% of his donor base ($1.51M), ranking 14th among Republican senators by concentration in this sector.
Spouse Trading85%
99% of the trades disclosed by Bill Cassidy are attributed to their spouse's account
Of 145 disclosed trades that state whose account they were made in, 144 (99%) are attributed to Bill Cassidy's spouse, totaling $0.2M–$2.2M in disclosed ranges. The STOCK Act requires members to disclose trades by themselves, their spouse, and dependent children; the attribution shown here is stated on the face of each filing and carries no implication about who directed the trades.
Sponsor–Industry Alignment63%
Bill Cassidy (R) is primary sponsor of Pharmaceuticals & Biotech bill s415-117; Pharmaceuticals & Biotech is a top donor industry (8%)
Bill s415-117 would narrow the FDA's definition of "active ingredient" to "active moiety" in certain pharmaceutical approval and exclusivity situations, affecting the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech industry. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced this bill. Pharmaceuticals & Biotech represents 7.9% of Cassidy's identifiable donors ($0.67M), ranking #8 among donor industries in the Republican party.
LEGISLATION
3 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Energy and Natural Resources
Finance
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Chairman
Veterans' Affairs
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