THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Chris Pappas draws 83 percent of his $21.4 million in direct contributions from individual donors, with PACs and committees accounting for 17 percent. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in legal and financial services—lawyers and lobbyists represent 20 percent of industry money, securities and investment firms 16 percent—while his individual donor base similarly reflects strength among professionals in law, finance, and technology. Pappas has cast 336 recorded votes with no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$21.4M▼ 16% in ’24 vs ’22#7 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share20%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes9on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Pappas (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 Pappas voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 9 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Pappas'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$282K
HOUSE VICTORY PROJECT 2022
PAC
2$268K
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND
PAC
3$187K
EQUALITY PAC
PAC
4$106K
JUSTICE 2026
PAC
5$86K
CHRIS PAPPAS VICTORY FUND
candidate's own committee
LEGISLATION
3 sponsored
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in Gr
HR8868-118 · Signed
Faster Payments to Veterans' Survivors Act of 2022
HR8260-117 · Signed
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 50 East Derry Road in East
HR1098-118 · Signed
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure
Veterans' Affairs
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
D-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentLabor Unions
Adriano Espaillat
D-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentLabor Unions
Grace Meng
D-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentLabor Unions
Sheldon Whitehouse
D-RI · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentLabor Unions
Joe Neguse
D-CO · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentLabor Unions
Glenn Ivey
D-MD · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentLabor Unions