Don't throw your money at career politicians ever, period. Full stop.
They get enough money from graft, bribes, backroom deals, insider trading, pay-for-play, et cetera et cetera. They don't need your money. Congress is full of millionaires that have done nothing in their lives but CHEAT, LIE, AND STEAL.
"Oh I'm a veteran" "I was a teacher" says the congressman, and look where they are now. Pissing on Americans for their own financial benefit. Traitors.