THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Representative Vargas's fundraising relies heavily on institutional sources, with 72 percent of contributions coming from PACs and committees compared to 28 percent from individual donors. Industry-tied money in his contribution profile shows particular concentration in Securities & Investment and Insurance sectors at 15 percent each, followed by Labor Unions at 12 percent and Commercial Banks at 10 percent. Among individual donors with disclosed employment, Securities & Investment and Legal services show recurring representation in his donor base.
Raised · all cycles$2.2M▼ 4% in ’24 vs ’22#186 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share15%Securities & Investment
Donor-sector votes11on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Vargas (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 Vargas voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 11 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Vargas'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$272K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (AIPAC-PAC)
PAC
2$119K
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP 2022
PAC
3$35K
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE
PAC
4$30K
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
5$30K
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC
PAC
COMMITTEES
Financial Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Joyce Beatty
D-OH · House
Securities & InvestmentInsuranceLabor Unions
Gwen Moore
D-WI · House
Securities & InvestmentInsuranceLabor Unions
Ann Wagner
R-MO · House
Securities & InvestmentInsuranceCommercial Banks
James A. Himes
D-CT · House
Securities & InvestmentInsuranceCommercial Banks
J. French Hill
R-AR · House
Securities & InvestmentInsuranceCommercial Banks
Maxine Waters
D-CA · House
Securities & InvestmentInsuranceCommercial Banks