THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Senator Durbin's $1.2M fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 74% of contributions across 18,096 donations, while PACs and committees comprise 26% of his funding base. Industry-tied contributions cluster in legal and lobbying services (18% of industry money), health services (13%), education (7%), and smaller shares from retail, consumer goods, and securities firms, with individual donors employed in these same sectors reflecting consistent donor-base composition. The senator has no recorded stock trading disclosures on file and maintains a voting record spanning 118 recorded votes.
Raised · all cycles$1.2M▼ 34% in ’24 vs ’22#45 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share18%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes7on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Durbin (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 Durbin voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 7 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Durbin'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$35K
GRASSROOTS MEDIA, LLC
corporation
2$24K
ILLINOIS NEVADA 2023 FUND
PAC
3$22K
ILLINOIS GEORGIA VICTORY FUND
corporation
4$20K
ILLINOIS COLORADO 2022 VICTORY FUND
PAC
5$13K
FLINT COOPER
employees
LEGISLATION
5 sponsored
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Veterans Rapid Retraining Assistance Program Restoration and Recovery Act of 2022
S4089-117 · Signed
Dr. Joanne Smith Memorial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022
S2834-117 · Signed
Missing Children’s Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2023
S2051-118 · Signed
SIREN Reauthorization Act
S265-118 · Signed
COMMITTEES
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Appropriations
Judiciary · Ranking Member
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Lauren Underwood
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesEducation
Everton Blair Jr.
D-GA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesEducation
Christopher Murphy
D-CT · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesEducation
Chris Van Hollen
D-MD · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesEducation
Raja Krishnamoorthi
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesEducation
D
Darline Graham
R-SC · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesRetail & Consumer