THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
LaHood's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward PACs and committees, which account for 69% of his $8.7 million in direct contributions, with individual donors comprising the remaining 31%. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in financial and legal services—specifically lawyers and lobbyists (13%), insurance (12%), and securities and investment (10%)—while individual donor employment mirrors this pattern with particular representation from legal, investment, and real estate sectors. His legislative record spans 338 recorded votes with one stock trade disclosure filed under the STOCK Act.
Raised · all cycles$8.7M▲ 4% in ’24 vs ’22#43 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share13%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes12on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds LaHood (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 LaHood voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 12 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is LaHood'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$2.1M
TEAM LAHOOD
candidate's own committee
2$227K
PNC BANK
corporation
3$105K
CAREY LAHOOD FITZPATRICK MALLIOTAKIS VICTORY FUND
candidate's own committee
4$95K
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY - FEDERAL
PAC
5$88K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
3 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Ways and Means
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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Thom Tillis
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Vern Buchanan
R-FL · House
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Beth Van Duyne
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