THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Gooden's $2.9M fundraising profile relies moderately on PACs and committees for 58% of contributions, with the remaining 42% from individual donors; separately, $425K in party and leadership money accounts for a significant portion of his overall receipts. Industry-tied contributions show a dispersed pattern across Retail & Consumer (14%), Real Estate (10%), Agriculture (9%), Lawyers & Lobbyists (8%), and Defense & Aerospace (6%), while his individual donor base reflects similar economic interests centered in law, real estate, and retail sectors. With 336 recorded votes and 3 stock trade disclosures on file, his legislative activity and financial transactions are within typical ranges for a House member in his tenure.
Raised · all cycles$2.9M▲ 4% in ’24 vs ’22#168 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share14%Retail & Consumer
Donor-sector votes25on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Gooden (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 Gooden voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 25 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Gooden'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$54K
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS
corporation
2$31K
HENDERSON, JEREMIAH
PAC
3$30K
THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
4$30K
ON WISCONSIN PAC, INC.
PAC
5$30K
GROWING OUR OWN DYNAMIC ECONOMY NOW
PAC
COMMITTEES
Judiciary
Armed Services
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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