THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Senator Schatz's fundraising profile is balanced between PAC and committee money (40%) and individual donors (60%), with a broad donor base of nearly 8,000 contributors across $4.2 million raised. Industry-tied contributions reflect concentration among lawyers and lobbyists (19% of industry money), real estate (9%), and telecommunications (8%), while individual donors employed in these fields and securities work form a secondary pattern. The contribution profile does not show dominant reliance on any single economic sector beyond legal and lobbying services.
Raised · all cycles$4.2M▼ 81% in ’24 vs ’22#40 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share19%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes5on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Schatz (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 Schatz voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Schatz'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$190K
INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP
corporation
2$110K
VOTESANE PAC
PAC
3$69K
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
employees
4$38K
FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK
employees
5$32K
BLUE SENATE 2022
PAC
LEGISLATION
3 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Appropriations
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Foreign Relations
Indian Affairs · Vice Chairman
Senate Select Committee on Ethics
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Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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