Yassamin Ansari
Democrat
· AZ-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Information Technology · and Government Innovation · Energy Policy · and Regulatory Affairs
Influence Score
40.7
Least exposed
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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
1.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,217,113
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$251,212
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.0
/ 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
10.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.1
/ 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
2.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$5,000 direct · $1,036,237 outside spending
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $22.91M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $46K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$1,367,647
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
UNITE THE COUNTRY
Share from this one network
4.3%
Amount from this network
$20,500
Total from all networks
$477,171
Networks contributing
96
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Who funds Ansari
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$5,480,870
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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
6.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
74.9%
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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
PIVOTAL
$16K
MERIT
$14K
RAFI LAW
$14K
ANC INVESTMENTS
$14K
BIJAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$13K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$13K
PALO ALTO MEDICAL
$13K
HOME CREATIONS
$12K
RELIANCE MANAGEMENT
$12K
CITY OF PHOENIX
$11K
HOME CREATIONS
$11K
SNELL WILMER
$10K
GPWA
$10K
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
$9K
RAFI LAW
$9K
ARGANO
$8K
GORMAN
$8K
JDM
$7K
ANS
$7K
BIJAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Yassamin Ansari comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$2.74M
DMFI PAC
$1.04M
MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PAC
$715K
SAVE AMERICA FUND
$657K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$113K
PROGRESSNOW AZ - FEDERAL
$106K
NUESTRO PAC
$70K
PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS FOR ARIZONA
$23K
WORKING FOR WORKING AMERICANS - FEDERAL
$9K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$5K
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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.
43 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $140K to Yassamin Ansari across 100 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$140K
Shared contributors
43
Contributions
100
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36 | 59 | $103K |
| 2026 | 18 | 41 | $37K |
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Yassamin Ansari ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no 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