Elise M. Stefanik
Republican
· NY-21 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · Innovative Technologies · and Information Systems · House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Education and Workforce · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · and Counterproliferation
Influence Score
72.2
Highly exposed
↓ -10.7
vs 118th (82.9)
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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
6.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$232,066
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$333,255
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
5.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 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
13.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$13,988 direct
NORPAC
$350 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.42M 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 — $69K.
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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 | 63.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 72.7 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 82.9 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 72.2 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DUTY TO AMERICA PAC
Total money from this network
$55,000
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.
Network
ELISE VICTORY FUND
Share from this one network
10.8%
Amount from this network
$271,513
Total from all networks
$2,525,344
Networks contributing
339
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Who funds Stefanik
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,279,309
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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
1.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
3
Money that arrived near votes
$3K
Distinct donors
3
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.01%
Biggest clusters of timed money
PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE
$1K
BAE SYSTEMS
$1K
PLAZA COLLEGE
$1K
EVERGREEN BEAUTY COLLEGE
$750
CACI
$570
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NY
$500
KEISER UNIVERSITY
$500
MANDL COLLEGE
$500
TOURO UNIVERSITY
$500
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$91K
HOMEMAKER
$46K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$42K
HOMEMAKER
$28K
FIT FOR LIFE
$26K
BEST EFFORT USED
$25K
BLUE OWL CAPITAL
$21K
ARCHER AUTO
$20K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$17K
ACCESS INDUSTRIES
$16K
ULINE
$14K
ACCESS INDUSTRIES
$14K
CORCORAN
$14K
NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT
$14K
FOUNTAINHEAD
$14K
LEADING PROPERTY
$13K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$13K
BEREXCO
$13K
CASSIDY
$13K
CENTRAL FLORIDA RETINA
$13K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Elise M. Stefanik comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$323K
Disclosed outside spending
$304K
Dark-money outside spending
$19K
Share that is dark money
5.88%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.
$290K
THE LINCOLN PROJECT
$267K
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
$180K
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC)
$60K
RURAL FREEDOM NETWORK
$40K
POLE POSITION PAC
$30K
AMERICA'S PROMISE
$20K
SLF PAC
$17K
ELECT REPUBLICANS
$13K
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY VICTORY FUND
$10K
DEFEAT BY TWEET
$6K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$2K
MICHELLE STEEL FOR CONGRESS
$941
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$681
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.
554 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $7.90M to Elise M. Stefanik across 1,514 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$7.90M
Shared contributors
554
Contributions
1,514
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 109 | 278 | $3.94M |
| 2024 | 454 | 1,048 | $3.33M |
| 2026 | 70 | 188 | $640K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Elise M. Stefanik or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JULIA ANGELOTTI | Depute Chief of Staff/Legislative Director, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik | MERCHANT MCINTYRE & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 14 | 56 | 2024–2025 |
| JOE BARTLETT | Staff Assistant, Rep. John Kline; Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assista… | SKYDIO, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
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Elise M. Stefanik's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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