THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Babin's fundraising profile is balanced between PAC and committee contributions (54%) and individual donors (46%), with $174K in separate political party and leadership money. Industry-tied contributions concentrate in health services (19% of non-political money), defense and aerospace (15%), and oil and gas (10%), while his individual donor base includes professionals in health services, law and lobbying, and defense sectors. He has filed 3 stock trades under STOCK Act disclosure requirements across 338 recorded votes.
Raised · all cycles$2.6M▼ 21% in ’24 vs ’22#179 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share19%Health Services
Donor-sector votes22on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Babin (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 Babin voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 22 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Babin'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$91K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC
PAC
2$30K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
3$30K
FROST BANK
corporation
4$29K
TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND, INC. (FEDERAL)
PAC
5$29K
TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND
PAC
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure
Science, Space, and Technology · Chair
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
R-TN · House
Health ServicesDefense & AerospaceConstruction & Engineering
Jack Bergman
R-MI · House
Health ServicesDefense & AerospaceTransportation
Tim Burchett
R-TN · House
Health ServicesTransportationConstruction & Engineering
Robert B. Aderholt
R-AL · House
Health ServicesDefense & AerospaceConstruction & Engineering
Joe Wilson
R-SC · House
Health ServicesDefense & AerospaceConstruction & Engineering
André Carson
D-IN · House
Health ServicesDefense & AerospaceTransportation