THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Nadler's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 70 percent of his $3.6 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising the remaining 30 percent. His industry-tied contributions are concentrated among lawyers and lobbyists (31 percent of sector money), followed by labor unions (10 percent), real estate (9 percent), and securities and investment (7 percent), patterns that align with his individual donor base, which similarly draws from legal, real estate, and financial sectors. He received $156,000 in party and leadership-aligned political money, tracked separately from economic-sector contributions.
Raised · all cycles$3.6M▼ 45% in ’24 vs ’22#142 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share31%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes10on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Nadler (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 Nadler voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 10 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Nadler'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$66K
J STREET
PAC
2$44K
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
employees
3$39K
PROSKAUER
employees
4$38K
ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES
employees
5$31K
WILMERHALE
employees
LEGISLATION
3 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure
Judiciary
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Glenn Ivey
D-MD · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsReal Estate
Daniel S. Goldman
D-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsReal EstateSecurities & Investment
Robert Menendez
D-NJ · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsReal Estate
Sheldon Whitehouse
D-RI · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsReal Estate
Joe Neguse
D-CO · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsReal Estate
Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
D-VA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsReal Estate