THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Representative Issa's $3.9M contribution profile leans toward individual donors, who provided 68% of funding compared to 32% from PACs and committees, with an additional $410K from party and leadership sources. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in technology (17%), lawyers and lobbyists (15%), and defense and aerospace (7%), patterns reflected similarly among his individual donors employed in these sectors. His voting record spans 338 recorded votes with no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$3.9M▼ 15% in ’24 vs ’22#121 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share17%Technology
Donor-sector votes20on 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 20 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 — #11 rate in the House
Rep. Darrell Issa voted yes on all 11 tracked bills classified as favoring his top donor sectors—Technology, Defense & Aerospace, and Casinos & Gambling—placing him at the #11 highest rate among House members. An example is his yes vote on S3451-117, classified as favoring Technology by streamlining federal permitting for computer-related projects, though he also voted yes on all four 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 13.3% of his identifiable donor base ($0.52M), ranking second among Republican members of Congress.
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
Christopher A. Coons
D-DE · Senate
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace
Ed Case
D-HI · House
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace
John R. Carter
R-TX · House
TechnologyLawyers & LobbyistsDefense & Aerospace