THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Van Orden's fundraising profile relies heavily on individual donors, who account for 85% of his $16.8 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees providing 15%. His industry-tied contributions show modest concentration across health services, agriculture, construction and engineering, and real estate sectors, each representing between 8% and 11% of industry money, while employed individual donors work primarily in health services, real estate, and construction fields. Political party and leadership contributions totaled $5.3 million separately from industry-sector money.
Raised · all cycles$20.4M#8 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share11%Health Services
Donor-sector votes7on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Van Orden (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 Van Orden voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 7 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Van Orden'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$771K
GROW THE MAJORITY
PAC
2$721K
VAN ORDEN VICTORY
candidate's own committee
3$388K
PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024
PAC
4$384K
EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS
PAC
5$374K
VAN ORDEN VICTORY FUND
candidate's own committee
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Agriculture
Armed Services
Veterans' Affairs
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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John Boozman
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Health ServicesAgricultureReal Estate
Robert B. Aderholt
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Health ServicesAgricultureConstruction & Engineering
W. Gregory Steube
R-FL · House
Health ServicesAgricultureConstruction & Engineering