THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Representative Smith's fundraising profile relies more heavily on individual donors than PACs, with 66% of his $2.8 million raised coming from individuals and 34% from committees. His industry-tied contributions are concentrated in labor unions, which account for nearly a third of his economic-sector money, followed by lawyers and lobbyists, securities and investment firms, and real estate and construction interests. Individual donors employed in law, securities, and real estate represent a consistent thread across his contribution base.
Raised · all cycles$2.8M▼ 46% in ’24 vs ’22#170 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share32%Labor Unions
Donor-sector votes8on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Smith (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 Smith voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 8 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Smith'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$279K
AUTISM HEAR US NOW PAC
PAC
2$58K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS PAC(AIPAC)
PAC
3$58K
CONGRESS NJ
PAC
4$42K
NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
PAC
5$30K
ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
3 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Foreign Affairs
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Stephen F. Lynch
D-MA · House
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
John Garamendi
D-CA · House
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC · House
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Lois Frankel
D-FL · House
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
Madeleine Dean
D-PA · House
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
Johnny Olszewski, Jr.
D-MD · House
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment