THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Cantwell's fundraising profile relies almost entirely on individual donors, with PACs and committees accounting for just 1% of her $11.6 million in direct contributions across nearly 34,000 donors. Industry-tied money in her contribution base is concentrated in legal and financial services, with lawyers and lobbyists representing 24% of industry funds, followed by securities and investment at 13% and technology at 10%. Among her employed individual donors, the dominant sectors are similarly legal services, finance, and technology.
Raised · all cycles$11.6M▲ 1186% in ’24 vs ’22#28 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share24%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes5on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Cantwell (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 Cantwell voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Cantwell'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$101K
T-MOBILE
employees
2$99K
GMMB
corporation
3$91K
JUSTICE 2024
PAC
4$84K
ROYAL CARIBBEAN GROUP
employees
5$82K
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
employees
LEGISLATION
3 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Ranking Member
Energy and Natural Resources
Finance
Indian Affairs
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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