THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Representative Bost's fundraising profile is balanced between PAC and committee contributions (55%) and individual donors (45%), with an additional $585K in party and leadership-aligned money. His industry-tied contributions show concentration in agriculture (15%), labor unions (11%), health services (9%), lawyers and lobbyists (8%), and transportation (8%), patterns reflected among his individual donors who work predominantly in legal, agricultural, and health services fields. His voting record includes 338 recorded votes with 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%)
Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) serves on the House Committee on Agriculture, which has jurisdiction over the Agriculture sector. Agriculture comprises 13.0% of his identified donor base ($0.77M), ranking him 25th among Republican members in reliance on this 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 updates VA regulations governing appraisals for home loans, affecting standards, eligibility, and remote appraisal procedures in the Real Estate industry. Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) introduced this legislation. Real Estate comprises 4.8% of Bost's identifiable donor base ($0.28M), ranking 147th among donor industries within their 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
André Carson
D-IN · House
Labor UnionsHealth ServicesLawyers & Lobbyists
Steve Cohen
D-TN · House
Labor UnionsHealth ServicesLawyers & Lobbyists
Bennie G. Thompson
D-MS · House
AgricultureLabor UnionsLawyers & Lobbyists
Frederica S. Wilson
D-FL · House
Labor UnionsHealth ServicesLawyers & Lobbyists