Kweisi Mfume
Democrat
· MD-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Committee on Small Business · and Regulations
Influence Score
40.3
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
1.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$112
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
3.5
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.4
/ 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
10.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,995 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$3,000 direct
CITYPAC
$3,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $23.23M 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 — $46K.
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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 | 8.7 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 39.5 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 13.1 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 40.3 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$37,500
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
4.7%
Amount from this network
$30,000
Total from all networks
$644,207
Networks contributing
124
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Who funds Mfume
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
97.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
1
Money that arrived near votes
$1K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.36%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GALLAGHER EVELIUS JONES LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CAREER COMMUNICATIONS
$8K
CCG
$7K
CORDISH COMPANIES
$7K
MURPHY FALCON MURPHY
$7K
THE RLJ COMPANIES
$7K
G S PROCTOR ASSOCIATES
$6K
CURIO WELLNESS
$5K
Y COMBINATOR
$5K
LAWRENCE BUNDY
$5K
VISIONARY
$5K
KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE
$4K
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
$4K
COMMUNICARE
$4K
WHETSTONE
$4K
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
$4K
MERIDIAN MANAGEMENT
$4K
CAREFIRST BCBS
$4K
CURIO WELLNESS
$4K
CAVES VALLEY
$3K
CAVES VALLEY
$3K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Kweisi Mfume comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
VOTE YES ON QUESTION 2
$36K
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$92
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
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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.
66 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $198K to Kweisi Mfume across 92 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$198K
Shared contributors
66
Contributions
92
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 17 | $15K |
| 2024 | 37 | 44 | $119K |
| 2026 | 29 | 31 | $64K |
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Kweisi Mfume 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