Michael Baumgartner
Republican
· WA-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Pensions · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet · Regulatory Reform · and Antitrust
Influence Score
48.7
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
1.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$165,544
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
5.8
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,494 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$8,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $41.04M 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 — $82K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$16,500
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.
Share from this one network
3.4%
Amount from this network
$19,000
Total from all networks
$563,994
Networks contributing
153
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Who funds Baumgartner
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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
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
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
IGNITION
$18K
OVERLAKE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
$13K
IDAHO SCIENTIFIC
$11K
GOODMAN REAL ESTATE
$11K
CVLLC
$10K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$10K
U S ARMY
$10K
BRAD MILES INSURANCE
$10K
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
$10K
CAR WASH ENT
$10K
PARKS MEDICAL
$10K
VENTURE CAPITAL
$10K
TRANS-OIL
$10K
CAPITOL VENTURE
$9K
BASALT CELLARS
$8K
SUNSHINE HEALTH FACILITIES
$7K
MICROSOFT
$7K
ADAMANT HOMES
$7K
KOELSCH COMMUNITIES
$7K
LKD AEROSPACE
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Michael Baumgartner comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.
$166K
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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.
41 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $203K to Michael Baumgartner across 64 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$203K
Shared contributors
41
Contributions
64
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17 | 23 | $78K |
| 2026 | 34 | 41 | $125K |
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Michael Baumgartner 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