THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Budzinski's fundraising profile relies more heavily on individual donors (66%) than PACs and committees (34%), with an additional $987K in party and single-issue political money. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in Lawyers & Lobbyists (31% of industry money) and Labor Unions (15%), while her individual donor base is similarly weighted toward legal professionals, financial sector workers, and government employees. Her 147 recorded votes and absence of stock trade disclosures are consistent with her service period.
Raised · all cycles$10.7M▲ 12% in ’24 vs ’22#36 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share31%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes5on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Budzinski (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 Budzinski voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Budzinski'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$146K
STATE OF ILLINOIS
employees
2$142K
HOUSE VICTORY PROJECT 2022
PAC
3$99K
SIMMONS HANLY CONROY
employees
4$84K
PROTECT PROGRESS
PAC
5$73K
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
employees
COMMITTEES
Agriculture
Veterans' Affairs
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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Jason Crow
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Edward J. Markey
D-MA · Senate
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Sheldon Whitehouse
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