THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Ted Budd's $14.5 million fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 85 percent of contributions, with PACs and committees representing 15 percent. Party and leadership-aligned political money totals $5.9 million; among industry-tied contributions, the largest sectors are Lawyers & Lobbyists (13 percent), Securities & Investment (11 percent), and Real Estate (9 percent), with Health Services and Firearms each representing smaller shares. Individual donor employment data shows concentration in the same professional sectors—legal services, securities, and real estate—suggesting alignment between his donor base and these industries.
Raised · all cycles$14.5M▼ 85% in ’24 vs ’22#12 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share13%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes10on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Budd (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 Budd voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 10 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Budd'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$1.2M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
PAC
2$221K
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND
PAC
3$203K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND
PAC
4$201K
TED BUDD MAJORITY COMMITTEE 2028
candidate's own committee
5$186K
THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY
PAC
LEGISLATION
1 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Armed Services
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Maxine Dexter
D-OR · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Tina Smith
D-MN · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Vern Buchanan
R-FL · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Josh Gottheimer
D-NJ · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Cory A. Booker
D-NJ · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Beth Van Duyne
R-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate