THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Gillibrand's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 89% of her $9.3 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising only 11% of her funding base. Industry-tied contributions cluster in legal and financial services, with lawyers and lobbyists representing 30% of industry money and securities and investment professionals 21%, a pattern that aligns with her individual donor base drawn from the same sectors. Her employed individual donors work predominantly in law, finance, and healthcare, reflecting the professional and financial services orientation of her contribution network.
Raised · all cycles$9.3M▲ 71% in ’24 vs ’22#29 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share30%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes6on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Gillibrand (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 Gillibrand voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Gillibrand'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$3.1M
NEW YORK MAJORITY FUND
PAC
2$602K
SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA
corporation
3$188K
NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
PAC
4$90K
FINANCIAL INNOVATION VICTORY COMMITTEE
PAC
5$79K
JUSTICE 2024
PAC
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Appropriations
Armed Services
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Senate Special Committee on Aging · Ranking Member
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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Nancy Pelosi
D-CA · House
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Tim Kaine
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John Cornyn
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