Wesley Bell
Democrat
· MO-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Influence Score
60.2
Moderately 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
1.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$9,569,760
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,739,699
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
8.2
/ 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
10.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$6,712,558 outside spending
DMFI PAC
$6,000 direct · $975,506 outside spending
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$289,601 direct
NORPAC
$6,600 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $29.45M 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 — $59K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
Total money from this network
$12,863,804
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
33.5%
Amount from this network
$289,601
Total from all networks
$864,051
Networks contributing
143
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Who funds Bell
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
97.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
98.9%
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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
NOT
$18K
FIVEW CAPITAL
$13K
EMPLOYED
$13K
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
$12K
KIRKLAND ELLIS
$12K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$12K
KELLER POSTMAN
$12K
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
$12K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$11K
NEUBERGER BERMAN
$11K
NEUBERGER BERMAN
$10K
ADDITION
$10K
CROWNE
$10K
BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP
$9K
ONDERLAW
$8K
MORGAN STANLEY
$8K
LAMB
$8K
BODLEY
$8K
HOME
$8K
ATLAS VENTURE
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Wesley Bell comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$5.73M
Disclosed outside spending
$5.71M
Dark-money outside spending
$20K
Share that is dark money
0.34%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$6.71M
REJECT AIPAC PAC
$1.31M
MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PAC
$1.31M
DMFI PAC
$976K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$411K
EMPOWERING BLACK AMERICANS PAC
$367K
RING THE BELL
$114K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$92K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$19K
WAKE UP ENTERPRISES INC
$2K
Groups that hide their donors
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.
2,753 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $3.73M to Wesley Bell across 3,628 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$3.73M
Shared contributors
2,753
Contributions
3,628
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,363 | 2,947 | $2.84M |
| 2026 | 589 | 681 | $889K |
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Wesley Bell 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