SMITH, TINA Incumbent

· MN Senate (Senate)

38.6

Influence Score · 2026

Moderately exposed

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Score components

Axis	Raw	Normalized (pts)	Coverage
Direct contributions	$165K	0.78	2026 cycle, principal committee
Outside spending — direct support	$0	—	PACs that directly supported this candidate
Outside spending — indirect (OPPOSE against opponents)	$69K	—	OPPOSE spending against opponents in the same race, attributed proportionally
Outside spending — OPPOSE against this candidate	$0	—	PACs that spent to defeat this candidate (not scored on this axis)
Total outside spending in favor	$69K	1.11	direct + indirect — drives the outside-spending axis
Lobbying exposure	$24.97M	7.16	Committee jurisdiction match
Vote alignment	0.781	5.13	Sponsor-aligned roll calls
Contribution timing — money arriving near key votes	0.0040	0.82	Receipts timed to legislative action
Dark-money exposure	0.0000	0.00	Disclosed-vs-dark outside spending share
Personal trade direction	0.000	0.00	STOCK Act buys in jurisdiction

Race matchup MN Senate

Candidate	Party	Status	Direct $	Outside $	Score	Tier
SMITH, TINA	DEM	Inc.	$165K	$128K	38.6	Moderately exposed
CRAIG, ANGIE	DEM	Open	$6.49M	$1.95M	9.9	Substantially backed
FLANAGAN, MARGARET	DFL	Open	$2.20M	$178K	8.6	Substantially backed
TAFOYA, MICHELE	REP	Open	$1.29M	$69K	5.3	Modestly backed
SCHWARZE, ADAM	REP	Open	$767K	$69K	3.3	Modestly backed
LOPEZ FRANZEN, MELISA	DEM	Open	$170K	$69K	1.0	Lightly backed

Challenger and open-seat scores reflect contributions, outside spending, and dark-money exposure only — a maximum of about 23. They are not directly comparable to incumbent scores, which run 0–100 across all twelve axes. Compare the dollar columns (Direct $, Outside $) for a like-for-like view.