THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Finstad's $4.9M fundraising profile is evenly balanced between PAC and committee contributions (49%) and individual donors (51%), with $1.1M in party and leadership-aligned money noted separately. Agriculture dominates his industry-tied contributions at 28%, followed by smaller shares in lawyers and lobbyists, food and beverage, technology, and construction and engineering; individual employed donors similarly concentrate in agriculture, technology, and the legal sector. With 197 recorded votes and no stock trade disclosures on file, his voting record remains the primary public measure of his legislative activity.
Raised · all cycles$4.9M▲ 24% in ’24 vs ’22#103 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share28%Agriculture
Donor-sector votes12on 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.
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How Finstad voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 12 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
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
Scott Franklin
R-FL · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsTechnology
James R. Baird
R-IN · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Cliff Bentz
R-OR · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R-MS · Senate
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Dan Newhouse
R-WA · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering