THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Richard E. Neal's $8.6 million fundraising profile shows substantial reliance on PAC and committee sources, which account for 72% of contributions, while individual donors comprise 28% of his funding base. Industry-tied money concentrates in financial services and related sectors, with insurance, securities and investment, and health services together representing 41% of industry contributions, while lawyers and lobbyists account for an additional 9%. Individual donors employed in securities, investment, and legal fields mirror these sectoral patterns, suggesting consistent donor overlap across financial and professional services industries.
Raised · all cycles$8.6M▼ 6% in ’24 vs ’22#58 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share16%Insurance
Donor-sector votes12on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Neal (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 Neal voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 12 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Neal'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$189K
WESTFIELD SAVINGS BANK
corporation
2$94K
METLIFE
employees
3$85K
NFP
employees
4$76K
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
employees
5$75K
WINGED KEEL GROUP
employees
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Ways and Means · Ranking Member
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Tina Smith
D-MN · Senate
InsuranceSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Bradley Scott Schneider
D-IL · House
InsuranceSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Darin LaHood
R-IL · House
InsuranceSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Thom Tillis
R-NC · Senate
InsuranceSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Vern Buchanan
R-FL · House
InsuranceSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Beth Van Duyne
R-TX · House
InsuranceSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services