THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Duckworth's $21.3M fundraising profile relies heavily on individual donors, who account for 91% of contributions, with PACs and committees comprising only 9% of her funding base. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in legal and lobbying services (13%), real estate (10%), health services (9%), labor unions (9%), and securities and investment (7%), patterns that align with her individual donor base, which includes lawyers, real estate professionals, and investment sector workers. She has cast 118 recorded votes and filed 43 stock trade disclosures during her tenure.
Raised · all cycles$17.5M▼ 69% in ’24 vs ’22#21 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share13%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes6on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Duckworth (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 Duckworth voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors
Each dollar figure is Duckworth'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$193K
AMALGAMATED INVESTMENT SERVICES
corporation
2$70K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
PAC
3$66K
NAMES IN THE NEWS
corporation
4$59K
EMILY'S LIST
PAC
5$49K
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Grassroots Funding72%
Tammy Duckworth raised 49% from sub-$200 small-dollar donors — #9 most grassroots-funded in the Senate
49% of the $21.3M in contributions Tammy Duckworth raised across the tracked cycles came from donors giving under $200 — the FEC's "unitemized" small-dollar tier — ranking #9 of 97 Senate members raising over $1M. Small-dollar totals are reported by campaigns directly to the FEC; individual donors below $200 are not itemized by law.
Sponsor–Industry Alignment38%
Tammy Duckworth (D) is primary sponsor of Telecommunications bill s1541-117; Telecommunications is a top donor industry (2%)
The bill s1541-117 would require the Federal Communications Commission to set just and reasonable rates for payphone and communications services in correctional facilities operated by the telecommunications industry. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced this legislation. Telecommunications represents 2.2% of Duckworth's identifiable donor base ($0.28M), ranking her #99 among Democrats by concentration in this industry.
LEGISLATION
5 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Armed Services
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Foreign Relations
Veterans' Affairs
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Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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