THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Senator Welch's fundraising profile relies moderately on PACs and committees for 35 percent of his $3.6 million in direct contributions, with the remaining 65 percent drawn from individual donors across 5,344 contributions. Industry-tied money in his donor base concentrates in Lawyers & Lobbyists (26 percent), Health Services (10 percent), Labor Unions (10 percent), and Securities & Investment (9 percent), a pattern consistent with his individual donor composition, which similarly reflects these professional sectors. He received $191,000 in party and single-issue political money, and has no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$3.6M▼ 97% in ’24 vs ’22#42 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share26%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes6on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Welch (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 Welch voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Welch'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$281K
RAYMOND JAMES
corporation
2$81K
JUSTICE 2022
PAC
3$67K
JSTREETPAC
PAC
4$22K
VERMONT SENATE VICTORY FUND
PAC
5$17K
BAIN CAPITAL
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Lobbying–Donor Overlap80%
Peter Welch (D) voted NAY s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (15%) with 8156 active lobbying filings
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) would establish federal regulatory standards for payment stablecoins issued by banks and qualified nonbank entities in the Securities & Investment industry. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) voted NAY on s1582-119. Securities & Investment comprises 15.4% of Welch's identifiable donor base ($1.20M, ranking #11 in his party), while companies in this industry filed 8,156 lobbying reports since 2022 related to this legislation.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap79%
Peter Welch (D) voted NAY hjres25-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (15%) with 8156 active lobbying filings
The bill hjres25-119 would nullify an IRS rule requiring brokers to report digital asset sales information to tax authorities in the Securities & Investment industry. Senator Peter Welch voted NAY on hjres25-119. Securities & Investment companies comprised 15.4% of Welch's identifiable donor base ($1.20M), and firms in this industry filed 8,156 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
COMMITTEES
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Finance
Rules and Administration
Judiciary
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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