THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Owens's contribution profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who provided 83 percent of his $5.1 million total, with PACs and committees accounting for 17 percent. Among industry-tied contributions, his donor base shows concentration in Securities & Investment, Lawyers & Lobbyists, and Education sectors, patterns that align with the employment sectors of his individual donors. Political and party-directed money totaled $364,000 separately from industry contributions.
Raised · all cycles$5.1M▼ 56% in ’24 vs ’22#96 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share12%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes7on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Owens (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 Owens voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 7 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Owens'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$266K
BURGESS OWENS VICTORY COMMITTEE
candidate's own committee
2$190K
ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICA
PAC
3$172K
TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022
PAC
4$86K
JAMESTOWN ASSOCIATES
corporation
5$51K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION CO
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure
Education and Workforce
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsEducation
Cory A. Booker
D-NJ · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsEducation
Everton Blair Jr.
D-GA · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsEducation
Christopher Murphy
D-CT · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsEducation
Lauren Underwood
D-IL · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsEducation
Amy Klobuchar
D-MN · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsEducation