THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Underwood's contribution profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 86 percent of her $12.4 million in direct fundraising, with PACs and committees comprising 14 percent. Industry-tied money shows concentration among lawyers and lobbyists (21 percent), health services (13 percent), and education (13 percent), a pattern reflected in her individual donor base where employed contributors work primarily in law, education, and securities. An additional $865,000 in party and leadership money is documented separately from her industry funding.
Raised · all cycles$12.4M▼ 42% in ’24 vs ’22#27 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share21%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes7on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Underwood (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.
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How Underwood voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 7 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Underwood'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$371K
LAUREN UNDERWOOD VICTORY FUND
candidate's own committee
2$200K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)
PAC
3$144K
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
employees
4$124K
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
employees
5$102K
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SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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Jamie Raskin
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Jeff Merkley
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