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Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has raised campaign funds primarily from individuals (especially large donors), lawyers/law firms, retirees, real estate, finance/securities, health professionals, lobbyists, and labor/ideological PACs. Data comes mainly from OpenSecrets (FEC-based) for career totals through 2024 and more recent cycles.
Major Campaign Donors / Sources
Top industries (career, roughly 2001–2024):
• Lawyers/Law Firms: ~$4.0 million
• Retired: ~$2.7 million
• Real Estate: ~$2.1 million
• Health Professionals: ~$1.6 million
• Securities & Investment: ~$1.3 million
• Lobbyists: ~$1.3 million
• Civil Servants/Public Officials, Education, Public Sector Unions, Insurance, Leadership PACs, and others follow.
Sector overview (career): Finance/Insurance/Real Estate and Lawyers & Lobbyists each exceed $5 million; Health, “Other” (including retirees), Labor, and Ideological/Single-Issue groups are also major sources. Labor contributions are heavily PAC-driven; individual large donations dominate overall.
Notable top organizational contributors (examples from recent/career data):
• JStreetPAC (pro-Israel progressive group): top in some recent cycles (~$60k in 2019–2024 period).
• Law firms such as ArentFox Schiff, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, WilmerHale, Gallagher Evelius & Jones, Holland & Knight, DLA Piper, K&L Gates.
• Leidos Inc., University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, NASDAQ, Deloitte, Northwestern Mutual, National Association of Realtors, National Education Association, and various unions (e.g., International Association of Fire Fighters).
Other patterns:
• Large individual contributions often make up the majority of funds (e.g., ~60%+ in recent multi-year periods); small-dollar (<$200) is a smaller share.
• Significant out-of-state money (e.g., Texas, New York, California, DC in recent cycles alongside Maryland).
• Recent off-year/2025–2026 filings show clusters of maxed-out individual donors, including from Maryland/DC/Virginia and a notable Texas group.
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