THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Panetta's fundraising profile is evenly split between PAC/committee contributions and individual donors, with $267K in party and leadership money tracked separately. Industry-tied money shows modest concentration across agriculture, insurance, legal services, and investment sectors, each representing 9-11% of industry contributions, while his individual donor base skews toward lawyers, lobbyists, securities professionals, and real estate workers. With 338 recorded votes and no stock trade disclosures on file, his legislative activity is publicly documented across a substantial voting record.
Raised · all cycles$8.8M▲ 27% in ’24 vs ’22#54 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share11%Agriculture
Donor-sector votes8on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Panetta (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 Panetta voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 8 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Panetta'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$385K
AIPAC
PAC
2$71K
WITH HONOR FUND, INC.
PAC
3$63K
NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND
PAC
4$42K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
employees
5$31K
ARNOLD VENTURES
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Ways and Means
Budget
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Jason Smith
R-MO · House
AgricultureInsuranceLawyers & Lobbyists
Adrian Smith
R-NE · House
AgricultureInsuranceLawyers & Lobbyists
Randy Feenstra
R-IA · House
AgricultureInsuranceLawyers & Lobbyists
Terri A. Sewell
D-AL · House
InsuranceLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
David Kustoff
R-TN · House
InsuranceLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment
Richard E. Neal
D-MA · House
InsuranceLawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & Investment