Matthew A. Cartwright
Democrat
· PA-8 · 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
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$19,984,564
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
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
< 0.1
/ 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
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$19,200 direct
DMFI PAC
$5,000 direct · $2,330 outside spending
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$3,600 direct
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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 Cartwright
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
GENTEX
$41K
MOTLEY RICE
$33K
GENTEX
$33K
O DONNELL LAW OFFICES
$22K
NO EMPLOYER
$20K
GOOGLE
$14K
LIBERTY TRUCK CENTER
$14K
METIER LAW FIRM
$13K
SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES
$13K
TWILIO
$13K
LIBERTY TRUCK CENTER
$12K
ANALYSIS
$12K
METIER LAW FIRM
$12K
SALTZ MONGELUZZI BENDESKY
$11K
PAULSON NACE PLLC
$11K
GOOGLE
$10K
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
$10K
FAY LAW
$10K
AL S QUICK STOP
$10K
BOEING
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Matthew A. Cartwright comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$15.18M
Disclosed outside spending
$14.91M
Dark-money outside spending
$276K
Share that is dark money
1.82%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$158K
Groups hiding their donors
9
By funding network
NRCC
$10.68M
SLF PAC
$9.32M
RJC VICTORY FUND
$873K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$687K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$622K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$534K
STAND FOR FL
$259K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$220K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$157K
WORKING AMERICA
$135K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$112K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$95K
PRO PAC
$76K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$69K
MAKE THE ROAD ACTION POLITICAL COMMITTEE
$44K
Groups that hide their donors
$54K
$52K
$51K
$5K
3 smaller groups under $500
$666
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.
DENIS OLEARY
$6K
UNITEMIZED UNITEMIZED
$1.31M
PAUL SCHILLING
$600K
FALCON
$600K
BEYONDROE COM POLITICAL FUND
$150K
CATHOLICVOTE CIVIC ACTION
$78K
TODD JOHNSON
$73K
KENNETH SABATINO
$60K
JOHN DEPNER
$30K
FAIR COURTS AMERICA
$30K
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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.
179 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $293K to Matthew A. Cartwright across 268 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$293K
Shared contributors
179
Contributions
268
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39 | 57 | $65K |
| 2024 | 159 | 211 | $228K |
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Revolving Door
6 former staff members
who worked for Matthew A. Cartwright or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHEN COFFEY | Deputy Chief of Staff, Congressman Matt Cartwright | STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS | 16 | 64 | 2024–2025 |
| SARAH STEVENS | Policy Advisor, Senator Ben Cardin; Senior Legislative Assistant, Congressman Ma… | BANNER PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC | 6 | 7 | 2023–2025 |
| SARAH STEVENS | Policy Advisor, Senator Ben Cardin; Senior Legislative Assistant, Congressman Ma… | CURRENT STRATEGIES | 2 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
| JOCELYN ZIEMIAN | Staff member, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright | HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND) | 1 | 3 | 2023–2023 |
| ELIZABETH SMITH | Legislative Fellow, Office of Congressman Matt Cartwright | HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND) | 1 | 8 | 2023–2023 |
| STEPHEN COFFEY | Rep. Gene Green, Legal Intern; Rep. Matt Cartwright, Deputy Chief of Staff and H… | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE | 1 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
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Matthew A. Cartwright 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