THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Whitesides' fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 88 percent of his $11.5 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising just 12 percent. Industry-tied money from his donor base concentrates in Securities & Investment and Lawyers & Lobbyists sectors, each representing 20 percent of industry contributions, followed by Technology at 10 percent; individual donors employed in these same three sectors reinforce this pattern. He has disclosed three stock trades under the STOCK Act across a recorded voting history of 57 votes.
Raised · all cycles$11.5M#30 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share20%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes4on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Whitesides (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 Whitesides voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Whitesides'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$572K
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND
PAC
2$143K
CALIFORNIA HOUSE MAJORITY FUND
PAC
3$131K
MAJORITY FUND
PAC
4$89K
HMP
PAC
5$89K
LCV VICTORY FUND
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap79%
George Whitesides (D) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (16%) with 13945 active lobbying fi
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) establishes a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins issued by banks and qualified nonbank entities in the Securities & Investment industry. Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA) voted YEA on s1582-119. Securities & Investment represents 16.1% of Whitesides' identifiable donor base ($1.84M), and companies in this industry filed 13,945 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap78%
George Whitesides (D) voted YEA hjres25-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (16%) with 13945 active lobbying
The bill hjres25-119 would nullify an IRS rule requiring brokers to report digital asset sales transactions to tax authorities. Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA) voted YEA on hjres25-119. Securities & Investment companies provided 16.1% of Whitesides' identifiable donations ($1.84M), and firms in this industry filed 13,945 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
COMMITTEES
Science, Space, and Technology
Armed Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Christopher Murphy
D-CT · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsTechnology
Ro Khanna
D-CA · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsTechnology
Seth Moulton
D-MA · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsTechnology
Raja Krishnamoorthi
D-IL · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsTechnology
Josh Harder
D-CA · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsTechnology
Charles E. Schumer
D-NY · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsTechnology