THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Bergman's fundraising is evenly balanced between PAC/committee sources (55%) and individual donors (45%), with $273K in separate party and leadership contributions. His industry-tied contributions show particular concentration in Defense & Aerospace (19%), followed by Health Services (9%), Lawyers & Lobbyists (7%), Transportation (7%), and Automotive (6%). Individual donors employed in law, healthcare, and automotive sectors represent the cleaner non-PAC donor base, while no stock trades have been disclosed during his tenure.
Raised · all cycles$3.9M▲ 2% in ’24 vs ’22#123 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share19%Defense & Aerospace
Donor-sector votes18on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Bergman (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 Bergman voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 18 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Bergman'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$1.2M
THE BERGMAN VICTORY COMMITTEE
candidate's own committee
2$61K
ART MORAN BUICK GMC
employees
3$35K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
PAC
4$35K
NETJETS ASSOCIATION OF SHARED AIRCRAFT PILOTS PAC; NJASAP PAC
PAC
5$30K
LEONARDO DRS PAC
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
3 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Armed Services
Veterans' Affairs
Budget
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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