Greg Stanton
Democrat
· AZ-4 · 119th Congress
Public Buildings (Chair) · and Emergency Management (Chair) · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · and the Internet · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
63.4
Moderately exposed
↓ -2.3
vs 118th (65.7)
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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
7.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$505,686
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,419
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.1
/ 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
12.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,997 direct
DMFI PAC
$3,000 direct · $3,216 outside spending
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $26.76M 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 — $54K.
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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 | 58.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 60.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 65.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.4 | 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
$984,504
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
2.0%
Amount from this network
$50,000
Total from all networks
$2,450,185
Networks contributing
375
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Who funds Stanton
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
2.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.3%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
UNITED AIRLINES
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
W
$25K
SNELL WILMER
$16K
ASU
$15K
BANNER HEALTH
$14K
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
$14K
EB-5 NEW YORK STATE
$13K
PERKINS COIE
$13K
AXON
$12K
RANGO
$12K
WOKA
$12K
MAYO CLINIC
$11K
JDM
$11K
PETSMART
$11K
TERRA MARKETING
$10K
THE CAUSE COLLECTION
$10K
ATLANTIC DEVELOPMENT
$10K
MCA FINANCIAL
$10K
NEXXUS CONSULTING
$9K
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE
$9K
GREEN CARD FUND
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Greg Stanton comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$402K
Disclosed outside spending
$381K
Dark-money outside spending
$20K
Share that is dark money
5.04%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$19K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$324K
UNITED WE CAN
$98K
SLF PAC
$83K
WORKING AMERICA
$37K
FEMINIST MAJORITY
$32K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$30K
TURNING POINT PAC INC.
$7K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$7K
DMFI PAC
$3K
JDCA PAC
$507
DEMOCRACY PAC
$276
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$183
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$138
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$123
LCV VICTORY FUND
$90
Groups that hide their donors
$19K
2 smaller groups under $500
$98
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.
147 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $279K to Greg Stanton across 236 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$279K
Shared contributors
147
Contributions
236
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26 | 46 | $47K |
| 2024 | 84 | 96 | $101K |
| 2026 | 67 | 94 | $130K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Greg Stanton or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRACEE SUTTON | Chief of Staff and Legislative Director, Congressman Greg Stanton | NEXXUS CONSULTING, LLC | 27 | 78 | 2025–2025 |
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Greg Stanton 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