Maggie Goodlander
Democrat
· NH-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Small Business · and Capital Access · and Regulations · and Supply Chains
Influence Score
41.4
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
1.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,129,799
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$202,871
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
6.8
/ 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
6.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.5
/ 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
4.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$19,994 direct
NORPAC
$100 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $26.23M 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 — $52K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
Total money from this network
$321,444
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
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
Share from this one network
3.4%
Amount from this network
$20,000
Total from all networks
$587,517
Networks contributing
118
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Who funds Goodlander
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,441,422
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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
4.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
35.4%
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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
BLACKSTONE
$32K
YALE UNIVERSITY
$17K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$17K
BLACKSTONE
$15K
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
$14K
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES
$14K
BAIN CAPITAL
$14K
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES
$14K
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$14K
BAIN CAPITAL
$13K
FREEPOINT COMMODITIES
$13K
KKR
$13K
PAUL WEISS
$13K
WILMERHALE
$12K
FLORY INVESTMENTS
$12K
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
$11K
STANFORD
$11K
UCSF
$11K
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON GARRISON
$11K
GREYLOCK
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Maggie Goodlander comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.17M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.17M
Dark-money outside spending
$384
Share that is dark money
0.03%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
VOTEVETS
$918K
WOMEN VOTE
$783K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$429K
NEW DEMOCRAT MAJORITY
$164K
GROWTH DEMOCRATS
$39K
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$385
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$384
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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.
133 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $298K to Maggie Goodlander across 204 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$298K
Shared contributors
133
Contributions
204
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 104 | 134 | $175K |
| 2026 | 54 | 70 | $123K |
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Maggie Goodlander 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