THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Representative Yakym's $7.6 million fundraising profile relies heavily on individual donors, who account for 70 percent of contributions, while PACs and committees provide 30 percent. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in legal and lobbying services (14 percent), construction and engineering (9 percent), insurance (8 percent), and health services (8 percent), with individual donors employed in law, securities, and automotive sectors. An additional $2.4 million in party and leadership-aligned contributions accounts for a substantial share of his total fundraising outside traditional industry sectors.
Raised · all cycles$7.6M▲ 245% in ’24 vs ’22#52 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share14%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes7on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Yakym (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 Yakym voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 7 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Yakym'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$1.8M
RUDY VICTORY FUND
PAC
2$99K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (AIPAC) PAC
PAC
3$62K
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
employees
4$60K
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC
PAC
5$48K
ROLLIE WILLIAMS
employees
COMMITTEES
Transportation and Infrastructure
Ways and Means
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Lloyd Smucker
R-PA · House
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Pablo José Hernández
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Lawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & EngineeringInsurance
W. Gregory Steube
R-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & EngineeringInsurance
Adrian Smith
R-NE · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & EngineeringInsurance
Nathaniel Moran
R-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & EngineeringInsurance
Troy Balderson
R-OH · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsConstruction & EngineeringInsurance