THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Wyden's fundraising profile relies substantially on individual donors, who account for 72% of his $11.8M in direct contributions, with PACs and committees making up the remaining 28%. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in legal and financial services—lawyers and lobbyists represent 15% of industry money, securities and investment firms 14%, and health services 14%—patterns reflected in his individual donor base, which similarly draws from these sectors along with technology and insurance. Over his tenure, he has filed 521 stock trades and maintains a recorded voting history of 118 legislative actions.
Raised · all cycles$11.8M▼ 90% in ’24 vs ’22#27 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share15%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes13on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Wyden (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 Wyden voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 13 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Wyden'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$309K
OREGON VICTORY FUND
PAC
2$215K
NIKE
employees
3$208K
UMPQUA BANK
corporation
4$83K
INTEL
employees
5$68K
MULTICOIN CAPITAL
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Spouse Trading85%
95% of the trades disclosed by Ron Wyden are attributed to their spouse's account
Of 388 disclosed trades that state whose account they were made in, 369 (95%) are attributed to Ron Wyden's spouse, totaling $9.0M–$23.3M in disclosed ranges. The STOCK Act requires members to disclose trades by themselves, their spouse, and dependent children; the attribution shown here is stated on the face of each filing and carries no implication about who directed the trades.
Sector-Aligned Voting75%
Ron Wyden (D) voted YEA on just 2 of 8 bills classified as favoring their own donor sectors
Ron Wyden voted in favor of 2 of 8 bills that an AI classifier identified as benefiting Securities & Investment and Technology sectors, his top donor industries (25%). On HJRES25-119, a rule disapproval measure classified as favoring Securities & Investment, he voted against it; he voted against the only tracked bill classified as limiting these sectors.
Sponsor–Industry Alignment65%
Ron Wyden (D) is primary sponsor of Retail & Consumer bill sjres49-119; Retail & Consumer is a top donor industry (5%)
SJRes49-119 would terminate the national emergency that imposed a 10% tariff on most imports, directly affecting the Retail & Consumer industry. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced this bill. Retail & Consumer is among Wyden's top donor industries, comprising 4.9% of identifiable contributions ($0.58M) and ranking #15 among donor industries in his party.
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Energy and Natural Resources
Finance · Ranking Member
Budget
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Suzan K. DelBene
D-WA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesSecurities & Investment
Gary C. Peters
D-MI · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesSecurities & Investment
Christopher Murphy
D-CT · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesSecurities & Investment
Bill Cassidy
R-LA · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesSecurities & Investment
Tina Smith
D-MN · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesSecurities & Investment
Raja Krishnamoorthi
D-IL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesSecurities & Investment