THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Senator Kaine's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 83 percent of his $13.9 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising 17 percent. Industry-tied contributions show concentration in legal and financial services—lawyers and lobbyists represent 17 percent of industry money, securities and investment firms 13 percent, and health services 10 percent—patterns reflected in his individual donor base, which similarly draws from legal, investment, and real estate professionals. Over his recorded voting period, Kaine cast 118 votes and disclosed 6 stock trades under the STOCK Act.
Raised · all cycles$13.9M▲ 1357% in ’24 vs ’22#23 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share17%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes10on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Kaine (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 Kaine voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 10 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Kaine'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$97K
WCAS
employees
2$88K
CAPITAL GROUP
employees
3$82K
UNITED AIRLINES
employees
4$75K
FRIENDS OF MARK WARNER
corporation
5$73K
JUSTICE 2024
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
4 sponsored
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A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared with respect to energy.
SJRES71-119 · In Committee
Honoring our PACT Act of 2022
S3373-117 · Signed
Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act
S610-117 · Signed
A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared with respect to energy.
SJRES10-119 · In Committee
COMMITTEES
Armed Services
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Budget
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Charles E. Schumer
D-NY · Senate
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Michael T. McCaul
R-TX · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
D-NY · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Nancy Pelosi
D-CA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
John Cornyn
R-TX · Senate
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services
Stacey E. Plaskett
D-VI · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsSecurities & InvestmentHealth Services