THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Representative Mike Bost's fundraising relies equally on PAC and committee money (55%) and individual donors (45%), with $573K in separate party and leadership contributions. His industry-tied contributions cluster in agriculture (15%), labor unions (11%), health services (9%), lawyers and lobbyists (8%), and transportation (8%), a pattern reflected in his individual donor base, which includes professionals from agriculture, legal services, and healthcare sectors. Over 336 recorded votes, Bost has no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$5.9M▲ 83% in ’24 vs ’22#80 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share15%Agriculture
Donor-sector votes3on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Bost (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 Bost voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Bost'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$120K
US VETERANS ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION, PAC
PAC
2$98K
ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR'
PAC
3$90K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC
PAC
4$82K
FIREFIGHTERS ALLIANCE OF AMERICA PAC
PAC
5$64K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Committee–Donor Overlap69%
Mike Bost (R) sits on the Agriculture committee overseeing Agriculture — their largest tracked donor sector (13%)
Mike Bost (R-IL) serves on the House Committee on Agriculture, which has jurisdiction over the Agriculture sector. Agriculture comprises 13.0% of his identifiable donor base ($0.77M), ranking him 25th among 272 Republicans in donor concentration from that sector.
Sponsor–Industry Alignment39%
Mike Bost (R) is primary sponsor of Real Estate bill hr7735-117; Real Estate is a top donor industry (5%)
The bill hr7735-117 would update Veterans Affairs regulations governing appraisals for VA home loans, including requirements for desktop appraisals in the Real Estate industry. Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) introduced this legislation. Real Estate comprises 4.8% of Bost's identifiable donor base ($0.29M), ranking 145th among donor industries within his party.
LEGISLATION
4 sponsored
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Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
HR6324-118 · Signed
Improving Access to the VA Home Loan Benefit Act of 2022
HR7735-117 · Signed
VA Transparency & Trust Act of 2021
HR2911-117 · Signed
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 West White Street in Mil
HR8976-118 · Signed
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure
Agriculture
Veterans' Affairs · Chair
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
D-GA · House
AgricultureLabor UnionsHealth Services
Jim Costa
D-CA · House
AgricultureLabor UnionsHealth Services
Steve Cohen
D-TN · House
Labor UnionsHealth ServicesLawyers & Lobbyists
André Carson
D-IN · House
Labor UnionsHealth ServicesLawyers & Lobbyists
Frederica S. Wilson
D-FL · House
Labor UnionsHealth ServicesLawyers & Lobbyists
Mark Pocan
D-WI · House
AgricultureLabor UnionsHealth Services