THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Gottheimer's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 77 percent of his $20.3 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising 23 percent. His industry-tied contributions show a dominant concentration in securities and investment (32 percent), followed by lawyers and lobbyists (13 percent) and smaller shares from insurance, real estate, and health services, a pattern that aligns with the employment sectors of his individual donor base. His financial disclosure record includes 2,813 stock trades, substantially above the median for members of Congress.
Raised · all cycles$22.4M▲ 5% in ’24 vs ’22#12 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share32%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes13on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Gottheimer (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 Gottheimer voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 13 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Gottheimer'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$2.6M
MORGAN STANLEY
corporation
2$248K
BLACKSTONE
employees
3$138K
NORPAC
PAC
4$116K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
employees
5$113K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap84%
Josh Gottheimer (D) voted YEA hr3633-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (30%) with 19368 active lobbying fil
Rep. Josh Gottheimer voted yes on hr3633-119, which establishes a regulatory framework for digital assets under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission within the Securities & Investment industry. Gottheimer voted in favor of the bill. Securities & Investment represents 30.3% of his identifiable donor base ($6.15M, ranking third among his party), and companies in this industry filed 19,368 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap84%
Josh Gottheimer (D) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (30%) with 19368 active lobbying fili
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) establishes a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins issued by banks and qualified financial entities in the Securities & Investment industry. Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) voted YEA on s1582-119. Securities & Investment comprises 30.3% of Gottheimer's identifiable donor base ($6.15M, ranking #3 among party members), and companies in this industry filed 19,368 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
Stock–Vote Overlap83%
Josh Gottheimer (D) made 12 Commercial Banks trades ($0.2M) within 14 days of voting on 4 bills affecting that sector
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) disclosed 12 Commercial Banks trades within 14 days of voting on 4 bills affecting that sector, with a disclosed value up to $0.18M. On April 9, 2025, a sale of HDFC Bank Limited Common Stock occurred the same day as his vote against sjres28-119.
COMMITTEES
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Financial Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Tina Smith
D-MN · Senate
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Bradley Scott Schneider
D-IL · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsInsurance
Thom Tillis
R-NC · Senate
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsInsurance
Darin LaHood
R-IL · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsInsurance
Richard E. Neal
D-MA · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsInsurance
Vern Buchanan
R-FL · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsInsurance