THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Garamendi's fundraising relies heavily on PACs and committees, which account for 58 percent of his $2.7 million in direct contributions, with the remaining 42 percent coming from individual donors. His industry-tied money shows substantial support from labor unions (27 percent), followed by construction and engineering firms (10 percent), lawyers and lobbyists (9 percent), transportation interests (8 percent), and real estate (7 percent), a pattern reflected in his individual donor base which similarly includes professionals from legal, real estate, and construction sectors. He has recorded 338 votes in the House with no stock trading disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$2.7M▼ 4% in ’24 vs ’22#171 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share27%Labor Unions
Donor-sector votes12on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Garamendi (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 Garamendi voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 12 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Garamendi'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$30K
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE
PAC
2$30K
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS
PAC
3$30K
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE
PAC
4$25K
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND
PAC
5$25K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure
Armed Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC · House
Labor UnionsConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists
Stephen F. Lynch
D-MA · House
Labor UnionsConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists
Rick Larsen
D-WA · House
Labor UnionsConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists
Johnny Olszewski, Jr.
D-MD · House
Labor UnionsConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists
Robert Garcia
D-CA · House
Labor UnionsLawyers & LobbyistsTransportation
Sam Graves
R-MO · House
Labor UnionsConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists