THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Harder's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 87% of his $15.2 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising only 13% of his funding base. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in legal and financial services sectors—Lawyers & Lobbyists (19%), Securities & Investment (16%), and Technology (11%)—a pattern broadly consistent with his individual donor base, which similarly draws from these professions. He has received $902,000 in party and leadership-aligned political money, and maintains no recorded stock trading disclosures.
Raised · all cycles$15.2M▼ 25% in ’24 vs ’22#21 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share19%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes10on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Harder (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 Harder voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 10 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Harder'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$428K
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC
corporation
2$227K
JOSH HARDER VICTORY FUND
candidate's own committee
3GOOGLE
$181K
employees
4$159K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
employees
5$151K
BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap81%
Josh Harder (D) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (17%) with 8187 active lobbying filings
The GENIUS Act establishes federal and state regulatory frameworks allowing certain financial institutions and authorized issuers to issue payment stablecoins in the United States. Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA) voted YEA on s1582-119. Securities & Investment companies comprise 17.2% of Rep. Harder's identifiable donor base ($2.58M), and firms in this industry filed 8,187 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap79%
Josh Harder (D) voted YEA hjres25-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (17%) with 8187 active lobbying filings
HJ Res 25-119 would nullify an Internal Revenue Service rule requiring reporting of certain digital asset sales transactions by the Securities & Investment industry. Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA) voted YEA on the measure. Securities & Investment comprises 17.2% of his identifiable donor base ($2.58M), and companies in this industry filed 8,187 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
COMMITTEES
Appropriations
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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