Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Republican
· IA-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Homeland Security · and Recovery · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis
Influence Score
83.7
Most exposed
↑ +7.7
vs 118th (76.0)
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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
11.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$6,609,594
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$15,399,981
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.1
/ 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
11.9
/ 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
4.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$13,304 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$10,786 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $40.66M 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 — $81K.
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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 | 71.7 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 76.0 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 83.7 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$2,581,475
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
HEALTHCARE FREEDOM SUPER PAC
Share from this one network
2.4%
Amount from this network
$123,600
Total from all networks
$5,185,708
Networks contributing
767
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Who funds Miller-Meeks
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$8,700,220
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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
10.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
23.2%
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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
2
Money that arrived near votes
$3K
Distinct donors
2
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
0.08%
Biggest clusters of timed money
AVG ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
$2K
UNITED REFINING
$1K
GENENTECH
$520
DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE
$500
HEALTHCARE OF IOWA
$500
SAIC
$500
GENENTECH
$100
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$142K
HOMEMAKER
$117K
HOMEMAKER
$63K
NYCBS
$27K
DAVITA
$24K
ENTREPRENEUR
$21K
ATTORNEY
$21K
ESTES
$20K
KLINGER COMPANIES
$20K
ADAPTIVE CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS
$18K
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT
$18K
SPENCER
$17K
RDV
$16K
ESTES
$16K
ESTES
$16K
BALL VENTURES
$14K
CROW
$14K
MELALEUCA
$14K
VALMORE GP
$14K
IOWA 80
$14K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mariannette Miller-Meeks comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$10.39M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.33M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.06M
Share that is dark money
10.21%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$84K
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$17.01M
DCCC
$14.19M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.90M
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$1.54M
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$930K
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC.
$874K
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$850K
SLF PAC
$575K
HEALTHCARE FREEDOM SUPER PAC
$431K
SAEF
$325K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$308K
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$298K
WOMEN VOTE
$235K
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC)
$115K
SAVE WESTERN CULTURE
$94K
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
DCCC
$472K
DSCC
$319K
NRCC
$225K
HEALTHCARE FREEDOM SUPER PAC
$195K
DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESS
$118K
CHC BOLD PAC
$112K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$108K
NRSC
$98K
REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE TUESDAY PAC
$90K
MORGAN GRIFFITH FOR CONGRESS
$90K
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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.
194 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.83M to Mariannette Miller-Meeks across 440 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.83M
Shared contributors
194
Contributions
440
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 64 | 233 | $549K |
| 2024 | 97 | 123 | $282K |
| 2026 | 56 | 84 | $1.00M |
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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