Brittany Pettersen
Democrat
· CO-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · Financial Technology · and Artificial Intelligence
Influence Score
69.5
Moderately exposed
↑ +9.4
vs 118th (60.1)
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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
7.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$903,500
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$795,139
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.0
/ 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
12.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,097 direct
JSTREETPAC
$5,395 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $9.27M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, China, South Korea. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $19K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 60.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 69.5 | 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
$351,060
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
1.7%
Amount from this network
$43,000
Total from all networks
$2,516,939
Networks contributing
438
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Who funds Pettersen
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
4.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
23.3%
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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
20
Money that arrived near votes
$65K
Distinct donors
27
Distinct employers
14
Share of their total fundraising
4.16%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
GREYLOCK
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$3K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
OPPORTUNITY FINANCIAL
$3K
THE BAUPOST
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
STATE OF COLORADO
$20K
COINBASE
$18K
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
$17K
MICROSOFT
$16K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$13K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$13K
FRANKLIN D AZAR ASSOCIATES PC
$12K
SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES
$12K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK LLP
$11K
SCALED AGILE
$10K
SOLANA LABS
$10K
MONROE
$10K
APOLLO
$8K
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
$8K
GOWEST CREDIT UNION
$8K
JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
$7K
GUILD EDUCATION
$7K
CHALAT HATTEN BANKER PC
$7K
CAPITAL FUNDING
$7K
COINBASE
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Brittany Pettersen comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$963K
Disclosed outside spending
$955K
Dark-money outside spending
$8K
Share that is dark money
0.85%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$8K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
FOR COLORADO'S FUTURE
$764K
FAIR SHARE ACTION
$459K
GMI PAC, INC.
$213K
FAIRSHAKE
$177K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$37K
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION SUPER PAC
$31K
WORKING AMERICA
$16K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$2K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$162
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$125
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$9
Groups that hide their donors
$8K
1 smaller group under $500
$161
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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.
74 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $593K to Brittany Pettersen across 120 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$593K
Shared contributors
74
Contributions
120
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30 | 43 | $36K |
| 2024 | 38 | 51 | $355K |
| 2026 | 12 | 26 | $202K |
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Brittany Pettersen 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