Angie Craig
Democrat
· MN-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · and Credit · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Small Business · Oversight and Regulations · and Regulations · Trade and Entrepreneurship · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials · House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
Influence Score
70.0
Moderately exposed
↑ +3.0
vs 118th (67.0)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
2.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.4
/ 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
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$13,872 direct
DMFI PAC
$5,000 direct · $2,120 outside spending
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $6.16M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Georgia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $12K.
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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 | 66.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 69.4 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 67.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 70.0 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$2,500,827
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
1.3%
Amount from this network
$62,900
Total from all networks
$4,875,151
Networks contributing
680
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Who funds Craig
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,494,901
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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
18.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
22.8%
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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
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
$25K
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT
$22K
HEARTLAND REALTY INVESTORS
$21K
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
$20K
NEP
$16K
PRETTYBROOK
$16K
HEARTLAND REALTY
$16K
CARLETON COLLEGE
$14K
PRETTYBROOK
$14K
CARLSON
$14K
MAYO CLINIC
$14K
FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES
$13K
ALUMIPLATE
$13K
BAIN CAPITAL
$13K
CELADON SYSTEMS
$13K
WALSER AUTOMOTIVE
$13K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$13K
CARLSON
$13K
LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P L L P
$13K
ANZU
$12K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Angie Craig comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$11.25M
Disclosed outside spending
$11.15M
Dark-money outside spending
$98K
Share that is dark money
0.87%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$28K
Groups hiding their donors
9
By funding network
NRCC
$6.00M
GIFFORDS PAC
$661K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$509K
INDEPENDENCE USA PAC
$262K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MINNESOTA POLITICAL ACTION FUND
$255K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$196K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$133K
EQUALITY PAC
$63K
BUSINESS-INDUSTRY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$56K
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$53K
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC)
$30K
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$12K
BUILD THE WAVE
$5K
UNITED TO CHANGE OUR GUN LAWS
$4K
WORKING AMERICA
$3K
Groups that hide their donors
$23K
3 smaller groups under $500
$499
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.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
DCCC
$239K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND
$225K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$86K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$85K
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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.
335 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.23M to Angie Craig across 463 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.23M
Shared contributors
335
Contributions
463
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 76 | 102 | $113K |
| 2024 | 216 | 262 | $294K |
| 2026 | 76 | 99 | $821K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Angie Craig or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELEN TOLAR | CoS (Senator Boozman); Staff Dir/Chief Csl - House VA C (Rep. Miller); Prof Staf… | MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. | 56 | 60 | 2023–2025 |
| QUINTON JOHNSON | Legislative Assistant/Aide/Correspondent / Staff Assistant, Rep.Betty McCollum; … | INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES, LLC | 2 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
| NILS JOHNSON | Director Env. & Energy; Natural Resources, Senator Craig | HOLLAND & HART LLP | 1 | 4 | 2023–2023 |
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Angie Craig 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