David S. Schweikert
Republican
· AZ-1 · 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
$28,118,737
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
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$17,612 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$14,880 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $56.97M 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 — $114K.
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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 | 61.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 68.9 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 68.0 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 17.9 | Least 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 Schweikert
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
Times money arrived near a vote
31
Money that arrived near votes
$107K
Distinct donors
43
Distinct employers
24
Share of their total fundraising
2.95%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CREST INSURANCE
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$7K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$7K
JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
PAYROLL INSURANCE
$7K
PRESCOTT INVESTORS
$7K
THE GRAY INSURANCE
$4K
EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$4K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$68K
HOMEMAKER
$55K
HOMEMAKER
$31K
OPTIMA FINANCIAL
$26K
ALLSUP
$20K
CEO
$17K
NOT IN WORKFORCE
$14K
STENSON TAMADDON
$14K
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL
$13K
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$13K
VETERANS GUARDIANS
$13K
MMR
$13K
ACOUNTABILIT
$12K
JOHNSON INTERNATIONAL
$11K
CULLUM HOMES
$11K
AUDAX
$10K
CUMBERLAND DEVELOPMENT
$10K
DANZIK APPLIED SCIENCES
$10K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$10K
PIVOT EQUITY
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against David S. Schweikert comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$15.41M
Disclosed outside spending
$14.35M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.06M
Share that is dark money
6.88%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$242
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$21.66M
DCCC
$14.63M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$2.15M
314 ACTION FUND
$1.44M
AMERICAN DREAM FEDERAL ACTION
$1.00M
SLF PAC
$804K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$753K
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC
$669K
EDF ACTION VOTES
$668K
TURNOUT IE PAC
$446K
WOMEN VOTE
$388K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$266K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$160K
GOA VICTORY FUND
$108K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$100K
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$250
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
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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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.
130 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $985K to David S. Schweikert across 196 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$985K
Shared contributors
130
Contributions
196
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | 36 | $223K |
| 2024 | 75 | 96 | $345K |
| 2026 | 44 | 64 | $417K |
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Revolving Door
6 former staff members
who worked for David S. Schweikert or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES MICHAELS | Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative … | CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC | 27 | 28 | 2025–2025 |
| ZACHARY LAVEN | Staff Assistant / Legislative Correspondent / Legislative Aide / Legislative Ass… | FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 22 | 163 | 2023–2025 |
| KATHERINA DIMENSTEIN | Legislative Assistant for Senator Joni Ernst - March 2016 to January 2017 Legisl… | GENERAL ATOMICS | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| SASHA HERNANDEZ | Staff Assistant / Legislative Correspondent / Legislative Aide / Legislative Ass… | FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 1 | 1 | 2023–2025 |
| JENELL BIGGS SMOLOVA | Senate Ag Committee, Minority and Rep. Schweikert | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | 1 | 1 | 2023–2025 |
| CHARLES MATHEWS | Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative … | CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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David S. Schweikert 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