Dan Newhouse
Republican
· WA-4 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Biotechnology · House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
72.8
Highly exposed
↑ +2.2
vs 118th (70.6)
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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
8.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,620,928
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$385,976
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.7
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.3
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.6
/ 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
11.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$7,504 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $143.84M 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 — $288K.
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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 | 42.9 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 50.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 70.6 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 72.8 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$2,120,882
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
2.2%
Amount from this network
$66,500
Total from all networks
$2,995,212
Networks contributing
463
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Who funds Newhouse
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$5,030,780
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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
82.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
60.8%
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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
13
Money that arrived near votes
$47K
Distinct donors
18
Distinct employers
13
Share of their total fundraising
4.37%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CHARLES SCHWAB
$7K
CITADEL
$7K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$3K
FOUNDERS FUND
$3K
HERZOG TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$3K
ROUTE ONE INVESTMENT
$3K
GILFIX LA POLL ASSOCIATES LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
N A TRIBE
$25K
CLEAN PATH ACTION FUND FOR CONSERVATIV
$24K
CLEAN PATH ACTION FUND FOR CONSERVATIV
$23K
N A TRIBE
$23K
BATTELLE
$19K
VERSOVA MANAGEMENT
$17K
TRIBE
$14K
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABS
$13K
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
$12K
GOODMAN REAL ESTATE
$12K
AMSC
$11K
MONUMENT ADVOCACY
$11K
BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY BILL MELINDA GAT
$11K
JANE STREET
$11K
CAPITOL VENTURE
$9K
CTC GLOBAL
$9K
BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY BILL MELINDA GAT
$8K
THE RUSSELL
$8K
THE PETRIZZO
$8K
CTC GLOBAL
$8K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Dan Newhouse comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$2.30M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.82M
Dark-money outside spending
$481K
Share that is dark money
20.95%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
SLF PAC
$1.18M
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$604K
TURNOUT 2022
$438K
AMERICANS KEEPING COUNTRY FIRST
$429K
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$328K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$306K
NATIONAL INTEREST ACTION INC
$269K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$137K
RIGHT REASON PAC
$117K
DUTY SERVICE HONOR
$72K
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.
$60K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$58K
QUESTION PAC
$13K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$10K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$1K
Groups that hide their donors
$164K
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.
KENNETH C GRIFFIN
$8.80M
WALTER W BUCKLEY
$2.25M
PAUL SINGER
$1.50M
DANIEL S SUNDHEIM
$850K
CHARLES B JOHNSON
$606K
STEPHEN SCHWARZMAN
$600K
PAUL TUDOR JONES
$500K
RAI SERVICES
$250K
JOHN B HESS
$250K
ANTONIO J GRACIAS
$250K
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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.
77 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $134K to Dan Newhouse across 114 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$134K
Shared contributors
77
Contributions
114
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25 | 28 | $27K |
| 2024 | 63 | 82 | $101K |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | $6K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Dan Newhouse or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JESSICA CARTER | Chief of Staff, Rep. Dan Newhouse, 2020-2023; Chief of Staff, Rep. Francis Roone… | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 1 | 10 | 2023–2025 |
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Dan Newhouse'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