THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Friedman's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 78 percent of her $2.6M in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising 22 percent. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in legal and lobbying services (22 percent of industry money), labor unions (16 percent), and health services (10 percent), a pattern consistent with her individual donor base, which similarly reflects lawyers, health professionals, and government workers. With 59 recorded votes and three stock trades disclosed, her legislative activity and financial disclosures are within typical ranges for her tenure.
Raised · all cycles$4.0M#149 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share22%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes5on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Friedman (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 Friedman voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Friedman'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$199K
FIGHTING FOR CALIFORNIANS
PAC
2$49K
RESIDENTS FOR STRONG, ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
PAC
3$30K
DAKE WILSON ARCHITECTS
employees
4$27K
ADEPT
employees
5$22K
MCS BURBANK LLC
employees
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure
Science, Space, and Technology
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Janice D. Schakowsky
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services
Lori Trahan
D-MA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services
William R. Keating
D-MA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services
Nydia M. Velázquez
D-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services
Frederica S. Wilson
D-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsLabor UnionsHealth Services