Suzan K. Delbene
Democrat
· WA-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Ways and Means · House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
Influence Score
73.9
Highly exposed
↑ +0.7
vs 118th (73.2)
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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
9.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$8,339
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
7.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.8
/ 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
13.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,495 direct
JSTREETPAC
$6,000 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 | 63.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 63.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 73.2 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 73.9 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$72,750
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
1.2%
Amount from this network
$51,000
Total from all networks
$4,237,836
Networks contributing
508
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Who funds Delbene
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,666,720
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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
95.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
89.2%
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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
13
Money that arrived near votes
$23K
Distinct donors
17
Distinct employers
5
Share of their total fundraising
0.68%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FORTRESS INVESTMENT
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$3K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$2K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$2K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$2K
ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES
$1K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
MICROSOFT
$67K
MICROSOFT
$34K
MICROSOFT
$30K
AMAZON
$28K
D4 INVESTMENTS
$21K
SANA BIOTECHNOLOGY
$20K
D4
$20K
GOOGLE
$16K
VALVE
$14K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$12K
D4
$12K
BURKE MUSEUM
$12K
THE UROLOGY CENTER OF COLORADO
$11K
APOLLO
$11K
AMAZON
$11K
APOLLO
$11K
COOPER HOUSE
$10K
LINKEDIN
$10K
NIERENBERG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$10K
T-MOBILE
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Suzan K. Delbene comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7K
Disclosed outside spending
$6K
Dark-money outside spending
$993
Share that is dark money
13.94%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$985
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$6K
FUSE WASHINGTON
$3K
TOGETHER FOR PROGRESS
$1K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
Groups that hide their donors
$985
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.
161 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $543K to Suzan K. Delbene across 240 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$543K
Shared contributors
161
Contributions
240
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 13 | $16K |
| 2024 | 132 | 150 | $172K |
| 2026 | 46 | 77 | $355K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Suzan K. Delbene or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KALI LINDSEY | Congresswoman Delbene | PYXIS PARTNERS, LLC | 1 | 2 | 2023–2024 |
| CAROLINE SCHUERMANN | Congresswoman Suzan Delbene | SERVICENOW, INC. | 1 | 2 | 2024–2024 |
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Suzan K. Delbene's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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