Gwen Moore
Democrat
· WI-4 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth · Joint Economic Committee
Influence Score
64.7
Moderately exposed
↑ +3.7
vs 118th (61.0)
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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
5.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$220
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
8.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.1
/ 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
11.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.3
/ 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
2.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$3,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $53.25M 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 — $107K.
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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 | 49.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 61.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 64.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$53,250
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
1.6%
Amount from this network
$35,500
Total from all networks
$2,205,312
Networks contributing
285
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Who funds Moore
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,000,767
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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
65.2%
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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
7
Money that arrived near votes
$17K
Distinct donors
10
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
4.21%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$7K
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INSURANCE FEDERAT
$2K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$2K
DC INSURANCE FEDERATION
$2K
WESLEY INSURANCE AGENCY
$2K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
HILLTOP SECURITIES
$1K
CITY NATIONAL BANK
$500
BANKER S BANK
$250
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
INVARIANT
$10K
CD SMITH
$10K
CD SMITH
$9K
INTRAFI NETWORK
$9K
ROCKET MORTGAGE
$7K
EPIC SYSTEMS
$7K
INTRAFI NETWORK
$7K
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$7K
CAROLYN ROWAN COLLECTION
$7K
EPIC SYSTEMS
$7K
LEM SETTLEMENT
$7K
GTW
$6K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$6K
ROCKET MORTGAGE
$6K
TOWN OF SOMERSET MD
$6K
EPIC SYSTEMS
$5K
GTW
$5K
LEM SETTLEMENT
$5K
BOSTON MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
$5K
FIRSTPATHWAY
$4K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Gwen Moore comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$608
Disclosed outside spending
$515
Dark-money outside spending
$93
Share that is dark money
15.30%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
VOCES DE LA FRONTERA ACTION
$6K
CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY ACTION
$4K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$935
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
GRASSROOTS NORTH SHORE
$94
350 WISCONSIN ACTION
$87
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$93
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.
21 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $162K to Gwen Moore across 34 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$162K
Shared contributors
21
Contributions
34
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 19 | $121K |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 | $34K |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | $7K |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for Gwen Moore or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARLOS JACKSON | CARLOS MIQUEL JACKSON Legislative Assistant; House Member Office (Rep. Gwen Moor… | CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. | 34 | 220 | 2023–2025 |
| LAURA PETERSON | Legal Intern, Senate Judiciary Committee (D-Feinstein), 2008; Congressional Inte… | LAURA WOOD PETERSON CONSULTING, INC. | 8 | 56 | 2023–2025 |
| LAURA WOOD | egal Intern, Senate Judiciary Committee (D-Feinstein), 2008; Congressional Inter… | INARI | 1 | 8 | 2023–2025 |
| LAURA WOOD | Legal Intern, Senate Judiciary Committee (D-Feinstein), 2008; Congressional Inte… | GWC PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 1 | 3 | 2023–2024 |
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Gwen Moore 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