THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Clyburn's fundraising profile relies heavily on PACs and committees, which account for 61 percent of his $6.9 million in direct contributions, with individual donors providing the remaining 39 percent. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in Lawyers & Lobbyists (16 percent), Labor Unions (10 percent), and Health Services (7 percent), a pattern reinforced by his individual donor base, which similarly clusters in legal services, securities and investment, and healthcare sectors. He received $118,000 in party and leadership-aligned contributions, tracked separately from industry money.
Raised · all cycles$6.9M▼ 38% in ’24 vs ’22#74 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share16%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes19on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Clyburn (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.
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How Clyburn voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 19 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Clyburn'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$39K
THEGROUP
employees
2$36K
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
PAC
3$30K
CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND
PAC
4$30K
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION PAC
PAC
5$30K
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE
PAC
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Appropriations
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Linda T. Sánchez
D-CA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services
Dwight Evans
D-PA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services
Brendan F. Boyle
D-PA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services
Steny H. Hoyer
D-MD · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services
John B. Larson
D-CT · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services
Katherine M. Clark
D-MA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services