THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Ernst's fundraising profile is weighted heavily toward individual donors, who account for 78 percent of her $5.0 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising 22 percent. Industry-tied money shows concentration in securities and investment, agriculture, and legal and lobbying services, a pattern that mirrors the sectors represented among her individual employed donors. Her voting record includes 117 recorded votes with no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$5.0M▲ 67% in ’24 vs ’22#43 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share14%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes9on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Ernst (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.
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How Ernst voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 9 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Ernst'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$343K
TEAM JONI
PAC
2$164K
TARGET ENTERPRISES
corporation
3$64K
2025 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE
PAC
4$52K
GOP WINNING WOMEN 2026
PAC
5$50K
BLUFF POINT ASSOC. CORPORATION
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Armed Services
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Small Business and Entrepreneurship · Chairman
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
James A. Himes
D-CT · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsCommercial Banks
Mike Rounds
R-SD · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsCommercial Banks
Tom Cotton
R-AR · Senate
Securities & InvestmentAgricultureLawyers & Lobbyists
Cory Mills
R-FL · House
Securities & InvestmentAgricultureLawyers & Lobbyists
Jimmy Panetta
D-CA · House
Securities & InvestmentAgricultureLawyers & Lobbyists
Amy Klobuchar
D-MN · Senate
Securities & InvestmentAgricultureLawyers & Lobbyists