Hillary J. Scholten
Democrat
· MI-3 · 119th Congress
and Workforce Development (Chair) · House Committee on Small Business · and Supply Chains · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Influence Score
67.7
Moderately exposed
↑ +11.5
vs 118th (56.2)
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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
7.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$465,284
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$3,656,074
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.3
/ 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
11.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$42,659 direct
JSTREETPAC
$9,913 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$3,000 direct
CITYPAC
$500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $21.64M 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 — $43K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 56.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 67.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
LCV VICTORY FUND
Total money from this network
$698,505
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
1.7%
Amount from this network
$43,500
Total from all networks
$2,495,786
Networks contributing
413
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Who funds Scholten
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
7.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
25.3%
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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
36
Money that arrived near votes
$95K
Distinct donors
41
Distinct employers
27
Share of their total fundraising
2.69%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BAIN CAPITAL
$7K
BERKSHIRE
$7K
JACOBS INVESTMENT
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
SCHOONER CAPITAL
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
GREYLOCK
$3K
HILL ISLAND FINANCIAL
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
MILLER JOHNSON
$52K
MILLER JOHNSON
$23K
VARNUM LLP
$18K
CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY PH
$17K
Q PRIME
$17K
NYMAN TURKISH PC
$15K
COREWELL HEALTH
$15K
Q PRIME
$13K
COREWELL HEALTH
$13K
ALSOP LOUIE
$12K
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$12K
SPECTRUM HEALTH
$12K
BERKSHIRE
$12K
MILLER JOHNSON
$11K
YESTERDOG
$11K
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
$11K
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
$10K
STERLING
$10K
US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
$10K
BLACKSTONE
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Hillary J. Scholten comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$3.27M
Disclosed outside spending
$3.20M
Dark-money outside spending
$67K
Share that is dark money
2.05%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$31K
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
SLF PAC
$3.48M
NRCC
$2.74M
ESAFUND
$1.24M
INDEPENDENT LIBERTY PAC
$527K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$340K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$198K
DEFEND THE VOTE
$80K
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$66K
WORKING AMERICA
$56K
RESTORATION PAC
$37K
SOMOS PAC
$6K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$5K
SUPERMAJORITY PAC
$4K
PACRONYM
$4K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$4K
Groups that hide their donors
$28K
$3K
2 smaller groups under $500
$396
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.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
DCCC
$239K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND
$225K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$86K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$85K
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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.
230 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $544K to Hillary J. Scholten across 374 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$544K
Shared contributors
230
Contributions
374
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 81 | 104 | $89K |
| 2024 | 150 | 213 | $225K |
| 2026 | 42 | 57 | $230K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Hillary J. Scholten or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISAAC LOEB | Chief of Staff-Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) (Feb. 2023-Aug. 2023) Deputy Chief o… | AVANGRID, INC. | 1 | 4 | 2023–2024 |
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Hillary J. Scholten 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