THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Bentz's fundraising is relatively balanced between PAC and committee sources (47%) and individual donors (53%), with $200K in separate party and leadership contributions. Industry-tied contributions show a dominant agriculture sector presence (20% of industry money), followed by construction, legal services, utilities, and telecommunications at smaller shares; his individual donor base similarly reflects agriculture and legal services alongside casino and gambling interests. His voting record spans 337 recorded votes with three stock trades disclosed under the STOCK Act.
Raised · all cycles$3.3M▼ 7% in ’24 vs ’22#148 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share20%Agriculture
Donor-sector votes9on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Bentz (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.
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How Bentz voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 9 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Bentz'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$26K
REALTORS PAC
PAC
2$26K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)
PAC
3$25K
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC
PAC
4$25K
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOC PAC
PAC
5$25K
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Natural Resources
Energy and Commerce
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
James R. Baird
R-IN · House
AgricultureConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists
David Rouzer
R-NC · House
AgricultureConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R-MS · Senate
AgricultureConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists
Trent Kelly
R-MS · House
AgricultureConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists
Glenn Thompson
R-PA · House
AgricultureConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists
Dan Newhouse
R-WA · House
AgricultureConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists