THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Golden's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who supplied 86% of his $14.1 million raised, with PACs and committees accounting for 14%. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in Securities & Investment (21% of industry money), Lawyers & Lobbyists (18%), and smaller shares in Real Estate, Health Services, and Technology, with Securities & Investment and legal services also prominent among his employed individual donors. Party and leadership-aligned money totaled $2.2 million separately from these industry sources.
Raised · all cycles$21.4M▲ 30% in ’24 vs ’22#15 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share21%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes8on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Golden (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 Golden voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 8 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Golden'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$726K
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND
PAC
2$308K
HOUSE VICTORY PROJECT 2024
PAC
3$295K
AMERICA PAC
PAC
4$269K
HOUSE VICTORY PROJECT 2022
PAC
5$123K
MAJORITY FUND
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap80%
Jared F. Golden (D) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (17%) with 13945 active lobbying fili
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) establishes a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins issued by banks and qualified non-bank financial institutions in the Securities & Investment industry. Rep. Jared F. Golden (D-ME) voted YEA on s1582-119. Golden's donor base includes 16.5% from Securities & Investment donors ($2.34M total), and companies in this industry filed 13,945 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap79%
Jared F. Golden (D) voted NAY hjres25-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (17%) with 13945 active lobbying fi
Bill hjres25-119 would nullify an IRS rule requiring brokers to report digital asset sales information to tax authorities, affecting the Securities & Investment industry. Rep. Jared F. Golden (D-ME) voted NAY on hjres25-119. Golden received 16.5% of identifiable campaign contributions from Securities & Investment donors ($2.34M), while companies in this industry filed 13,945 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
COMMITTEES
Natural Resources
Armed Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Michael T. McCaul
R-TX · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
D-NY · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Charles E. Schumer
D-NY · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Ritchie Torres
D-NY · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Nancy Pelosi
D-CA · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
John Cornyn
R-TX · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate