THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Joaquin Castro's $1.9M fundraising profile is composed of 68% individual donations and 32% PAC/committee contributions, suggesting moderate reliance on organized money sources. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in Lawyers & Lobbyists (29%), Labor Unions (25%), and Health Services (13%), patterns that align with his individual donor base, which similarly draws from legal professionals, healthcare workers, and nonprofit sector employees. With 338 recorded votes and no stock trade disclosures on file, his contribution profile reflects donor sectors active in his district and policy domains rather than cross-cutting industry diversification.
Raised · all cycles$1.9M#192 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share29%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes4on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Castro (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 Castro voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Castro'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$25K
HARTMAN FOUNDATION
employees
2$25K
MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE
PAC
3$25K
BORDER HEALTH FEDERAL PAC
PAC
4$25K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
PAC
5$24K
OCANAS GROUP
employees
COMMITTEES
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Foreign Affairs
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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