Gabe Vasquez
Representative · D-NM-2
OverviewMoney & Influence
62% of Vasquez's money comes from outside NM.
The majority of funding comes from donors who cannot vote for this member.
$1.3M raised$349 avg donation38% from NM2 former staff → lobbyists
Key Findings
62% of donations come from outside NM
More than half of funding comes from out-of-state donors.
2 former staff now work as lobbyists
Former employees have transitioned to the lobbying industry.
15% of PAC money comes from regulated industries
Some funding comes from industries within this member's committee jurisdiction.
53% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
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How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
How It Works
The Influence Pipeline
How money flows to — and through — Gabe Vasquez's office.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
06
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The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
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The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
The cycle repeats.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
05
🚪
The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
06
📋
The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
The cycle repeats.
Follow the Money
Education is the largest PAC sector at $147K from 42 PACs.
Industry PACs
$484KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$60KHow much power this member brokers
Pac A Punch
Raised: $39KSpent: $15K
Pac A Punch
Raised: $22KSpent: $21K
Top Individual Donors
$5.4MNamed people writing checks
NM · Attorney · 12x
Baker, Brenda↗$14K
CA · Not Employed · 6xHelm, Nelson Jr↗$14K
KY · 4xKlarman, Seth↗$14K
MA · The Baupost Group · 4xMA · 4x
FL · Paloma Partners Advisors Lp · 5x
Vasquez
Agriculture, Armed Services
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
319
Congress
280
Armed Forces and National Security
154
Energy
139
International Affairs
135
Government Operations and Politics
88
The Revolving Door
Deep Dive
How we built this & what it doesn't prove
- • Donor data from FEC filings (9.47M individual contributions)
- • Voting records from Congress.gov roll call data
- • Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings
- • Staff employment from House disbursement records
Correlation between donations and votes does not prove causation. Members may vote in alignment with donors because they share genuine policy beliefs, not because of financial influence. We present the connections — you decide what they mean.