Scott Fitzgerald
Republican
· WI-5 · 119th Congress
Regulatory Reform (Chair) · and Antitrust (Chair) · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Pensions · House Committee on Financial Services · House Committee on Small Business · and Regulations · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Administrative Law · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet · Terrorism and Homeland Security
Influence Score
54.0
Moderately exposed
↑ +0.4
vs 118th (53.6)
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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
3.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$594,748
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
5.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.9
/ 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
8.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$15,004 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $28.34M 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 — $57K.
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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 | 45.3 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 53.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 54.0 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC)
Total money from this network
$42,000
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.
Network
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.8%
Amount from this network
$31,500
Total from all networks
$1,736,639
Networks contributing
289
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Who funds Fitzgerald
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,265,498
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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
2.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
57.6%
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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
8
Money that arrived near votes
$28K
Distinct donors
16
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
5.35%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
CUNA MUTUAL HOMEMAKER
$6K
HORICON BANK
$5K
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER FELD LLP
$1K
BLACKSTONE
$1K
HORICON BANK
$1K
SENTRY INSURANCE
$1K
HORICON BANK
$600
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER FELD LLP
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ULINE
$17K
TRIBE
$16K
BLACKSTONE
$14K
LYCO
$13K
BGR
$12K
COURI INSURANCE
$12K
BLACKSTONE
$10K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$10K
TOLL
$10K
ULINE
$10K
MILWAUKEE TOOL
$10K
HSA
$10K
ABC
$10K
APOLLO GLOBAL
$10K
CAROLYN ROWAN COLLECTION
$10K
DELTA DEFENSE
$10K
EDWARD C LEVY
$10K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$10K
PLANO 6500
$10K
ULINE
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Scott Fitzgerald comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$191K
Disclosed outside spending
$186K
Dark-money outside spending
$4K
Share that is dark money
2.17%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$4K
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
US VETERANS ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION, PAC
$509K
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC
$48K
HONORING AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PAC
$24K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$14K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$5K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$902
Groups that hide their donors
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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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.
19 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $144K to Scott Fitzgerald across 27 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$144K
Shared contributors
19
Contributions
27
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 9 | $30K |
| 2024 | 6 | 10 | $103K |
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | $11K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Scott Fitzgerald or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBIN COLWELL | Sp. Asst. to POTUS for Economic Policy; Chief Counsel House E&C Committee; COS F… | BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | 11 | 40 | 2023–2024 |
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Scott Fitzgerald 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