Steve Womack
Republican
· AR-3 · 119th Congress
Housing and Urban Development (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · House Committee on the Budget (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations · and Housing and Urban Development
Influence Score
66.9
Moderately exposed
↑ +2.8
vs 118th (64.1)
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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
9.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$321,000
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$21,273
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
10.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$21,506 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $150.53M 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 — $301K.
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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 | 47.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 44.7 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 64.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 66.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
Total money from this network
$321,000
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
2.0%
Amount from this network
$54,500
Total from all networks
$2,713,206
Networks contributing
357
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Who funds Womack
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,918,250
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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
94.6%
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
26
Money that arrived near votes
$74K
Distinct donors
31
Distinct employers
20
Share of their total fundraising
6.55%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
$7K
ARVEST BANK
$3K
BANK OF THE OZARKS
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL
$3K
CHILDRENS CLINIC OF SOUTH ARKANSAS
$3K
FOUNDERS FUND
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOME
$44K
HOME
$42K
HOME
$31K
WALMART
$25K
XTREMIS
$21K
TYSON FOODS
$20K
PETER KIEWIT SONS
$18K
WALMART
$18K
MCKEE FOODS
$17K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$15K
STEPHENS
$14K
W W AFCO STEEL
$14K
XTREMIS
$13K
ENTERGY
$12K
BGR
$12K
CLEAR PATH
$12K
RUNWAY
$12K
TYSON FOODS
$11K
ICEBREAKER STRATEGIES
$10K
TURBINEONE
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Steve Womack comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$183K
Disclosed outside spending
$183K
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
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$321K
CONSERVATIVES FOR ACTION PAC
$21K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
DEMOCRACY PAC
$124
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.
73 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $110K to Steve Womack across 78 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$110K
Shared contributors
73
Contributions
78
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14 | 16 | $23K |
| 2024 | 56 | 58 | $80K |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 | $6K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Steve Womack or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADRIELLE WIESE | Legislative Assistant, Office of Congressman Steve Womack Legislative Director, … | STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS | 8 | 11 | 2023–2023 |
| HANNAH SHEA | Press Secretary - Representative Steve Womack (March 2018 - December 2018); Staf… | DELOITTE LLP | 1 | 6 | 2023–2024 |
| ADRIELLE CHURCHILL WIESE | Congressman Steve Womack (AR-03) MLA and LD | AUBREY MATURIN LLC | 1 | 2 | 2024–2025 |
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Steve Womack sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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