THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Knott's funding profile is 64% individual donors and 36% PACs, with $436K in party and leadership money tracked separately from industry contributions. His industry-tied donations show concentration in legal and lobbying services (19%), real estate (9%), and health services (8%), a pattern reinforced by his individual donor base, which similarly draws from lawyers, real estate professionals, and healthcare workers. With 57 recorded votes and one stock trade disclosure on file, his legislative activity remains limited.
Raised · all cycles$2.8M#171 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share19%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes4on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Knott (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 Knott voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Knott'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$475K
THE AMERICAN FOUNDATIONS COMMITTEE
PAC
2$196K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
PAC
3$27K
CONSERVATIVE VOTERS ALLIANCE
PAC
4$20K
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
5$17K
BARKER REALTY
employees
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure
Judiciary
Homeland Security
Ethics
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Lori Trahan
D-MA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateHealth Services
Russell Fry
R-SC · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateHealth Services
Jonathan L. Jackson
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateHealth Services
Grace Meng
D-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateHealth Services
Bradley Scott Schneider
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateHealth Services
Chris Van Hollen
D-MD · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateHealth Services