THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Zinke's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 86 percent of his $15.4 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees representing 14 percent. Industry-tied money reflects a diversified donor base led by lawyers and lobbyists (12 percent of industry contributions), securities and investment professionals (10 percent), and real estate interests (9 percent), with oil and gas representing 8 percent; employed individual donors similarly concentrate in legal, financial, and real estate sectors. Over 146 recorded votes, no stock trade disclosures are on file.
Raised · all cycles$15.4M▲ 47% in ’24 vs ’22#10 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share12%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes16on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Zinke (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 Zinke voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 16 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Zinke'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$212K
BIG SKY VOTERS PAC
PAC
2$81K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
PAC
3$55K
MURPHY CO
employees
4$45K
HMP
PAC
5$42K
XEBEC
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
COMMITTEES
Appropriations
Foreign Affairs
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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R-OK · Senate
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D-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Shelley Moore Capito
R-WV · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentOil & Gas
Katie Boyd Britt
R-AL · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Chip Roy
R-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentOil & Gas
Stephen F. Lynch
D-MA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate