THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Thompson's fundraising is evenly split between PACs/committees (53%) and individual donors (47%), with $7.0 million raised across nearly 6,000 contributions. Industry-tied money is heavily concentrated in agriculture, which accounts for 39 percent of his economic-sector contributions, followed by smaller shares from food and beverage, construction, and legal services; individual donors similarly reflect agriculture as a primary sector alongside lawyers and investment professionals. No stock trading disclosures are on file, and his voting record spans 338 recorded votes.
Raised · all cycles$7.0M▲ 8% in ’24 vs ’22#61 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share39%Agriculture
Donor-sector votes5on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Thompson (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 Thompson voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Thompson'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$249K
TEAM GT
PAC
2$47K
COINBASE
employees
3$34K
FARM LEADERSHIP FUND
corporation
4$33K
MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FURTHERING AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL MISSISSIPPIANS FUND PAC (MFBF FA
PAC
5$31K
NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CORNPAC)
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
COMMITTEES
Agriculture · Chair
Education and Workforce
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
James R. Baird
R-IN · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Jim Costa
D-CA · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsRetail & Consumer
Brad Finstad
R-MN · House
AgricultureFood & BeverageLawyers & Lobbyists
Cliff Bentz
R-OR · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering
Andy Harris
R-MD · House
AgricultureFood & BeverageConstruction & Engineering
Dan Newhouse
R-WA · House
AgricultureLawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & Engineering