THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Rick Larsen's fundraising profile relies heavily on PACs and committees for 60 percent of his $6.1 million in direct contributions, with the remaining 40 percent drawn from individual donors whose employment patterns center on lawyers, lobbyists, transportation, and construction and engineering. Industry-tied PAC money reflects similar sector concentration, with transportation, labor unions, construction and engineering, lawyers and lobbyists, and defense and aerospace each representing 11 to 19 percent of his industry-based contributions. Over 336 recorded votes, Larsen has filed 17 stock trades under the STOCK Act.
Raised · all cycles$6.1M▲ 44% in ’24 vs ’22#87 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share19%Transportation
Donor-sector votes28on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Larsen (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 Larsen voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 28 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Larsen'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$60K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AIPAC)
PAC
2$56K
SEMIAHMOO RESORT
corporation
3$36K
SEACAST
employees
4$34K
UNITED AIRLINES
employees
5$34K
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure · Ranking Member
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Sam Graves
R-MO · House
TransportationLabor UnionsConstruction & Engineering
Donald Norcross
D-NJ · House
Labor UnionsConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists
Steve Cohen
D-TN · House
TransportationLabor UnionsLawyers & Lobbyists
André Carson
D-IN · House
TransportationLabor UnionsLawyers & Lobbyists
John Garamendi
D-CA · House
TransportationLabor UnionsConstruction & Engineering
Michael R. Turner
R-OH · House
Labor UnionsConstruction & EngineeringLawyers & Lobbyists