THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Issa's fundraising profile relies primarily on individual donors, who account for 68 percent of his $3.9 million in direct contributions, with the remaining 32 percent coming from PACs and committees. Among industry-tied contributions, technology firms and lawyers/lobbyists represent the largest shares at 17 percent and 15 percent respectively, followed by defense and aerospace, casinos and gambling, and securities firms. Individual donors employed in technology, legal services, and gambling sectors reflect similar industry overlap in his personal donor base.
Raised · all cycles$3.9M▼ 15% in ’24 vs ’22#122 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share17%Technology
Donor-sector votes19on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Issa (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 Issa voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 19 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Issa'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$224K
POLICE OFFICERS DEFENSE ALLIANCE PAC
PAC
2$197K
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
corporation
3$167K
TAKE BACK THE HOUSE
PAC
4$87K
AIPAC-AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS PAC
PAC
5$30K
CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Sector-Aligned Voting94%
Darrell Issa (R) voted YEA on 11 of 11 bills classified as favoring their donor sectors — #21 rate in the House
Rep. Darrell Issa voted YEA on all 11 tracked bills classified as favoring his top donor sectors—Technology, Defense & Aerospace, and Casinos & Gambling—placing him #21 among House members for this voting pattern. He voted YEA on SJRES28-119, which disapproved a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule classified as favoring the Technology sector, and also voted YEA on all 3 bills classified as limiting those same sectors.
Committee–Donor Overlap72%
Darrell Issa (R) sits on the Science, Space, and Technology committee overseeing Technology — their largest tracked donor sector (13%)
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) serves on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, which has jurisdiction over the Technology sector. Technology comprises 13.2% of his identifiable donor base ($0.52M), ranking first among his party's 271 members in donor concentration from this sector.
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Science, Space, and Technology
Judiciary
Foreign Affairs
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Adam Smith
D-WA · House
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace
Robert J. Wittman
R-VA · House
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace
Jack Reed
D-RI · Senate
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace
Ed Case
D-HI · House
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace
John R. Carter
R-TX · House
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace
Sam T. Liccardo
D-CA · House
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment