Thomas Cotton
Republican
· AR-4 · 119th Congress
Influence Score
0.0
Not scored
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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
0.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.0
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $47.81M 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 — $96K.
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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 | 65.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 76.0 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 38.8 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 87.5 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Cotton
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
No sponsor relationships on file.
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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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
No data available.
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Thomas Cotton comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
THE LINCOLN PROJECT
$15K
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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.
466 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.25M to Thomas Cotton across 760 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.25M
Shared contributors
466
Contributions
760
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19 | 103 | $93K |
| 2024 | 26 | 92 | $287K |
| 2026 | 434 | 565 | $1.87M |
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Revolving Door
7 former staff members
who worked for Thomas Cotton or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONATHAN HILER | Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Vice President Mike Pence; Legisl… | MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC | 37 | 65 | 2023–2025 |
| JOHN MARTIN | Associate Commissioner, FDA; Legislative Director, Sen. Tom Cotton; Legislative … | CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC | 30 | 32 | 2023–2025 |
| JOHN NOONAN | Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee; National Security Adv… | ANCHOR & ARROW STRATEGIES | 10 | 51 | 2024–2025 |
| ALEX WONG | Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Affairs, U.S. Depar… | COUPANG, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| BRIAN COLAS | Sen. Cotton, Dep Chief of Staff/General Counsel; US Senate Judiciary Comm., Coun… | COLAS & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| ALEX WONG | Deputy NSA & Assistant to the President, Executive Office of the President; Depu… | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 1 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
| ANDREW HUDSON | Continuation of former positions: Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on the Judicia… | TECHNOLOGY NETWORK AKA TECHNET | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
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Thomas Cotton is not scored: there is no usable voting record to rank against — either the vote and contribution records have not yet been matched to this member, or this is a non-voting delegate. This is the absence of a score, not a finding of low exposure.
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