THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Soto's fundraising profile relies heavily on PAC and committee sources, which account for 65 percent of his $5.6 million in direct contributions, with the remaining 35 percent from individual donors. Industry-tied money reflects a diversified donor base centered on Lawyers & Lobbyists (13 percent), Health Services (12 percent), and Labor Unions (11 percent), while his individual donor employment patterns show concentration in legal services, real estate, and securities. He received $559,000 from party and leadership committees, and has 338 recorded votes with no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$5.6M▲ 61% in ’24 vs ’22#98 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share13%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes9on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Soto (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 Soto voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 9 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Soto'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$96K
VOTESANE PAC
PAC
2$45K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
3$34K
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE
PAC
4$31K
ROCKET COMPANIES
employees
5$31K
NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND
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.
Danny K. Davis
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesLabor Unions
Al Green
D-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesLabor Unions
Lloyd Doggett
D-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesLabor Unions
Timothy M. Kennedy
D-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesLabor Unions
Grace Meng
D-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesLabor Unions
Judy Chu
D-CA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesLabor Unions