THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Finstad's $5.0M contribution profile is evenly split between PAC/committee funding (49%) and individual donors (51%), with $1.1M in party and single-issue money tracked separately. Agriculture dominates his industry-tied donor base at 28%, followed by smaller shares from lawyers and lobbyists, food and beverage, technology, and construction sectors, a pattern consistent with his individual donors' employment in agriculture, technology, and legal fields. His 199 recorded votes and absence of stock trade disclosures are part of his public legislative record.
Raised · all cycles$5.0M▲ 24% in ’24 vs ’22#99 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share28%Agriculture
Donor-sector votes13on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Finstad (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 Finstad voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 13 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Finstad'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$254K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
PAC
2$196K
DEFENDING MAIN STREET SUPERPAC INC.
PAC
3$129K
AMERICAN DREAM FEDERAL ACTION
PAC
4$53K
CHRISTENSEN FARMS
employees
5$52K
MR PAVING
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Sector-Aligned Voting89%
Brad Finstad (R) voted YEA on 7 of 7 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #28 rate in the House
Rep. Brad Finstad voted YES on 7 of 7 bills classified as favoring his top donor sectors—Technology, Securities & Investment, and Commercial Banks—ranking #28 among House members on this metric. He also voted YES on all 4 tracked bills classified as limiting those same sectors, including voting to disapprove a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule on technology regulation.
Committee–Donor Overlap73%
Brad Finstad (R) sits on the Agriculture committee overseeing Agriculture — their largest tracked donor sector (21%)
Rep. Brad Finstad (R-MN) serves on the House Committee on Agriculture, which has jurisdiction over the Agriculture sector. Agriculture comprises 20.5% of his identifiable donor base ($1.03M), ranking 8th among Republican members of Congress.
COMMITTEES
Agriculture
Armed Services
Small Business
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Glenn Thompson
R-PA · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsFood & Beverage
James R. Baird
R-IN · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Cliff Bentz
R-OR · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Dan Newhouse
R-WA · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R-MS · Senate
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
David Rouzer
R-NC · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering