Kelly Morrison
Democrat
· MN-3 · 119th Congress
and Supply Chains (Chair) · House Committee on Small Business · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
31.3
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
1.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$197,040
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.1
/ 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
10.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.6
/ 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
0.3
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $13.66M 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 — $27K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SAEF
Total money from this network
$15,500
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
SAEF
Share from this one network
3.8%
Amount from this network
$15,500
Total from all networks
$407,546
Networks contributing
83
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Who funds Morrison
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$436,286
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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
100.0%
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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
CARLSON
$22K
CALLANISH CAPITAL
$14K
CALLANISH CAPITAL
$13K
METROPOLITAN
$10K
CARLSON
$10K
TARGET
$9K
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
$8K
PARK NICOLLET METHODIST HOSPITAL
$7K
BASSFORDREMELE
$7K
BREAZEALE
$7K
FREE FAIR LITIGATION
$7K
HIGGINS ESTATE LAWPLLC
$7K
METROPOLITAN
$7K
MN UNITED FOOTBALL
$7K
PARK NICOLLET METHODIST HOSPITAL
$7K
PNC
$7K
PSD
$7K
TARGET
$7K
STINSON LLP
$7K
AFFINITY CAPITAL
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Kelly Morrison comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$196K
Disclosed outside spending
$52K
Dark-money outside spending
$144K
Share that is dark money
73.47%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$3K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MINNESOTA POLITICAL ACTION FUND
$141K
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC)
$52K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$5K
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
10 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $44K to Kelly Morrison across 15 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$44K
Shared contributors
10
Contributions
15
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | $26K |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 | $18K |
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Kelly Morrison 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