Lucy Mcbath
Democrat
· GA-6 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Labor · and Secondary Education · and Pensions · House Committee on Education and Workforce · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Administrative Law · Terrorism and Homeland Security
Influence Score
68.1
Moderately exposed
↑ +0.3
vs 118th (67.8)
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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
4.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$11,410,853
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$62,777
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.1
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.8
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.6
/ 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
8.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$52,875 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct · $1,392 outside spending
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $28.48M 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 — $57K.
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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 | 58.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 55.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 67.8 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 68.1 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$2,993,526
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
4.0%
Amount from this network
$60,775
Total from all networks
$1,516,045
Networks contributing
319
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Who funds Mcbath
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
94.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
89.3%
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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
12
Money that arrived near votes
$14K
Distinct donors
12
Distinct employers
12
Share of their total fundraising
0.92%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FRYER LAW FIRM
$2K
HALL LAMPROS LLP
$2K
QUINN EMANUEL
$2K
BUCKLEY BEAL LLP
$1K
COLLEGE HUNKS ATLANTA
$1K
DENTONS US LLP
$1K
FISHMAN BLOCK DIAMOND LLP
$1K
KILPATRICK TOWNSEND STOCKTON LLP
$1K
MCDERMOTT WILL EMERY LLP
$1K
REED SMITH LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
EMORY UNIVERSITY
$24K
SOTHEBYS
$23K
BLOOMBERG
$19K
DELTA AIR LINES
$17K
ARNALL-X-0AK
$16K
ALSOP LOUIE
$14K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$12K
AJAX ASSET MANAGEMENT
$12K
EASTLAKE MANAGEMENT
$12K
NEA
$12K
Q PRIME
$12K
CROWNE
$12K
PANTHEON CAPITAL
$12K
TUCKSON HEALTH CONNECTIONS
$12K
JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUND
$11K
MADISON WELLS
$10K
CHICAGO CRED
$10K
CANAL MEDIA
$10K
JACKMONT HOSPITALITY
$9K
COMCAST
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Lucy Mcbath comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$5.37M
Disclosed outside spending
$3.13M
Dark-money outside spending
$2.24M
Share that is dark money
41.65%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$2.23M
Groups hiding their donors
7
By funding network
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$12.84M
NRCC
$6.87M
PROTECT OUR FUTURE PAC
$4.70M
INDEPENDENCE USA PAC
$2.40M
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$983K
CHANGE NOW
$342K
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC
$212K
WOMEN VOTE
$134K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$107K
GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC PAC
$100K
PROGRESSIVE ERA PAC
$81K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$71K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$53K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$49K
DEFEND THE VOTE
$46K
Groups that hide their donors
$168K
$3K
3 smaller groups under $500
$494
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
DCCC
$3.52M
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND
$225K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$140K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$137K
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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.
386 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $694K to Lucy Mcbath across 523 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$694K
Shared contributors
386
Contributions
523
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 71 | 132 | $125K |
| 2024 | 296 | 339 | $467K |
| 2026 | 50 | 52 | $103K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Lucy Mcbath or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH AHRENS | Scheduler for Rep. Lucy McBath, Jan 2019 - Aug 2019 Special Assistant to the Chi… | IMPULSE SPACE, INC. | 1 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
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Lucy Mcbath 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