Tim Walberg
Republican
· MI-5 · 119th Congress
and Pensions (Chair) · House Committee on Education and Workforce (Chair) · House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries
Influence Score
51.3
Moderately exposed
↑ +0.8
vs 118th (50.5)
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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
4.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,305
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.7
/ 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
11.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$11,356 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$7,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $26.37M 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 — $53K.
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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 | 44.3 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 50.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 51.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$45,000
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.
Share from this one network
2.2%
Amount from this network
$45,000
Total from all networks
$1,998,746
Networks contributing
317
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Who funds Walberg
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
1.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
47.9%
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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
2
Money that arrived near votes
$5K
Distinct donors
2
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
0.58%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ADRIAN COLLEGE
$2K
ECPI UNIVERSITY
$2K
ADRIAN COLLEGE
$500
AMERICAN CAREER COLLEGE
$500
HIRST ELECTRIC
$500
SCHUNK OILFIELD SERVICES
$100
JACKSON COLLEGE
$0
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$122K
HAWORTH
$64K
HOMEMAKER
$64K
MCKINLEY ASSOCIATES
$42K
FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY
$39K
ARLO STEEL
$35K
FIELDVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$34K
KEN HONIG
$32K
PRINCETON
$32K
RDV
$31K
HAWORTH
$28K
EDWARD C LEVY
$23K
AMWAY
$20K
RDV
$20K
HAWORTH
$17K
THE KIRLIN
$17K
PLASTIPAK PACKAGING
$17K
ERVIN INDUSTRIES
$16K
LIBERTY TITLE
$16K
GRAND CANYON EDUCATION
$16K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Tim Walberg comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$4K
Disclosed outside spending
$4K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.19%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$21K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$3K
RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN VICTORY FUND
$2K
PARTY_C00041160
$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
DEMOCRACY PAC
$236
STOP ABORTION EXTREMISM PAC
$57
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
79 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $207K to Tim Walberg across 156 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$207K
Shared contributors
79
Contributions
156
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24 | 28 | $32K |
| 2024 | 53 | 83 | $114K |
| 2026 | 30 | 45 | $61K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Tim Walberg or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEW MIKA | Senior Legislative Assistant, Congressman Tim Walberg; Legislative Assistant, Co… | ATLAS CROSSING LLC | 24 | 51 | 2023–2023 |
| ALI FULLING | Policy & Senior Advisor, Rep. Tim Walberg; Member Services & Coalitions Director… | NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Tim Walberg 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