Terri A. Sewell
Democrat
· AL-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on House Administration · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · Joint Committee on Printing
Influence Score
84.0
Most exposed
↑ +7.5
vs 118th (76.5)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
11.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$508,209
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.9
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$21,203 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $45.81M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $92K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 60.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 57.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 76.5 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 84.0 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
VETERANS AID PAC
Total money from this network
$429,948
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Share from this one network
0.8%
Amount from this network
$40,500
Total from all networks
$4,927,392
Networks contributing
596
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Who funds Sewell
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,539,721
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
96.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
16
Money that arrived near votes
$56K
Distinct donors
20
Distinct employers
14
Share of their total fundraising
4.89%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$7K
BALL HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$7K
BAIN CAPITAL
$3K
BALL HEALTHCARE
$3K
BOSTON MUTUAL
$3K
BRIGHTHOUSE FINANCIAL
$3K
CHERRY HILL BALL HEALTHCARE
$3K
COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL
$3K
CROWNE HEALTHCARE
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
GRAIL
$33K
CHARTER BROKERAGE
$23K
GRAIL
$23K
PROTECTIVE LIFE
$14K
DAVITA
$14K
NHS MANAGEMENT
$13K
NYCBS
$12K
FORTRESS INVESTMENT
$12K
MCWANE
$11K
GRAIL
$10K
ROCKY RESEARCH
$10K
MEDICAL PLACE
$10K
UROLOGY OF ST LOUIS
$10K
BALL HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$9K
LIBERTY
$9K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$9K
AXXESS
$9K
PROTECTIVE LIFE
$8K
UNIVERSITY OF AL
$8K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Terri A. Sewell comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$210K
Disclosed outside spending
$210K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
VETERANS AID PAC
$515K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
40 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $521K to Terri A. Sewell across 55 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$521K
Shared contributors
40
Contributions
55
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 5 | $22K |
| 2024 | 34 | 42 | $290K |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 | $208K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Terri A. Sewell or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENJAMIN ODENDAHL | Law & Policy Fellow - Representative Terri Sewell | SMITH GARSON | 4 | 30 | 2023–2025 |
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Terri A. Sewell ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required