WHERE
Where do Maxine Waters's campaign contributions come from?
Funding summary
- Total raised
- $1.1M
- Total spent
- $1.2M
- Cash on hand
- $116K
Where the money came from
- Individual donors$560K(50%)
- PACs$494K(44%)
- Political parties$3K(0%)
- Self-funding$0(0%)
- Other receipts$62K(6%)
Top industries
Of $70K in itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. This is only a slice of total fundraising — PACs, parties, small-dollar donors, and self-funding are not included here.
- Finance & Real Estate$26K
- Transportation$20K
- General Business$7K
- Legal & Lobbying$4K
- Advocacy & Nonprofits$3K
An additional $332Kin itemized donations couldn't be classified — either the donor left the employer field blank or listed “retired”/“self-employed,” or the employer didn't match a known industry.
Vote-finance correlation
Data through Jul 2026 · Sources: 2 — FEC individual filings (2026 cycle), Congress.gov roll calls (119th Congress) [170]
Maxine Waters voted on 170 bills. She received $1,290,941.25 in donations. There is a moderate positive pattern between donation amounts and yea rates. This means larger donations may align with a higher yea rate. The largest donation sector was Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate. This sector donated $258,000. Waters voted on 42 bills from this sector. Her yea rate was 47.6%. The Defense sector donated $0. Waters voted on 56 bills from this sector. Her yea rate was 50.0%.
Fewer than 5 other members of the CA House delegation have comparable data right now, so no peer comparison is shown.
This analysis shows factual patterns in public data. Campaign contributions are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Voting alignment with donor industries is common across all legislators. Correlation does not indicate causation or improper behavior.
Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Totals reflect the current two-year cycle. Industry breakdown covers only itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. Full methodology