THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Tom Cotton's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 84 percent of his $9.5 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising only 16 percent of his funding base. His industry-tied donations are concentrated in agriculture (33 percent), securities and investment (18 percent), and lawyers and lobbyists (11 percent), with these same sectors—particularly securities, investment, and real estate—also prominent among his individual donors' employment backgrounds. Cotton has 116 recorded votes and no stock trade disclosures on file.
Raised · all cycles$9.5M▼ 51% in ’24 vs ’22#21 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share33%Agriculture
Donor-sector votes21on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Cotton (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 Cotton voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 21 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Cotton'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$599K
U.S. TREASURY
corporation
2$159K
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC.
corporation
3$112K
CHAIN BRIDGE BANK
corporation
4$93K
BLACKSTONE
employees
5$85K
ENTREPRENEUR
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
2 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Armed Services
Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Chairman
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Austin Scott
R-GA · House
AgricultureSecurities & InvestmentReal Estate
Brad Sherman
D-CA · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Andy Barr
R-KY · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Gregory W. Meeks
D-NY · House
Securities & InvestmentLawyers & LobbyistsReal Estate
Randy Feenstra
R-IA · House
AgricultureSecurities & InvestmentLawyers & Lobbyists
John Boozman
R-AR · Senate
AgricultureSecurities & InvestmentLawyers & Lobbyists