THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Casar's fundraising profile relies substantially on individual donors, who account for 73 percent of his $4.0 million raised, while PACs and committees comprise 27 percent. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in labor unions (29 percent of industry money), lawyers and lobbyists (23 percent), and smaller shares from non-profit, education, and technology sectors, with individual employed donors similarly drawn from legal, non-profit, and education professions. Party and leadership contributions totaled $439,000 separately from industry-sector money.
Raised · all cycles$4.0M▼ 36% in ’24 vs ’22#132 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share29%Labor Unions
Donor-sector votes4on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Casar (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 Casar voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Casar'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$146K
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PAC
PAC
2$116K
JUSTICE DEMOCRATS PAC
PAC
3$56K
CITY OF AUSTIN
employees
4$34K
MIJENTE PAC
PAC
5$32K
ZYDECO DEVELOPMENT
employees
COMMITTEES
Oversight and Government Reform
Education and Workforce
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Pramila Jayapal
D-WA · House
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsNon-profit / NGO
Jamie Raskin
D-MD · House
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsEducation
Jeff Merkley
D-OR · Senate
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsEducation
Mike Levin
D-CA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsNon-profit / NGOEducation
Ayanna Pressley
D-MA · House
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsNon-profit / NGO
James P. McGovern
D-MA · House
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsEducation