Lori Trahan
Democrat
· MA-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Pensions · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Public Lands
Influence Score
62.2
Moderately exposed
↑ +0.1
vs 118th (62.1)
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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
5.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$9
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.9
/ 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
12.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.9
/ 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
10.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$1,900 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.44M 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 — $69K.
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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 | 52.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 53.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 62.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 62.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Total money from this network
$56,250
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
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
2.3%
Amount from this network
$37,500
Total from all networks
$1,653,875
Networks contributing
273
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Who funds Trahan
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$885,309
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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
97.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
7
Money that arrived near votes
$13K
Distinct donors
7
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
0.78%
Biggest clusters of timed money
DEWEY SQUARE
$3K
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
$3K
MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
$2K
ANZA RENEWABLES
$1K
SHIELDS HEALTH CARE
$1K
SHIELDS HEALTH CARE
$1K
UNITEX HEALTHCARE LAUNDRY SERVICES
$1K
TUFTS MEDICINE CARE AT HOME
$500
TUFTS MEDICINE CARE AT HOME
$500
HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
MARKLEY
$18K
NORTHWEST BIOTHERAPEUTICS
$17K
J J CONTRACTORS
$16K
GREATER BOSTON UROLOGY
$15K
DATAROBOT
$12K
SUNSHINE PAVING
$12K
HELFRICH BROTHERS BOILER WORKS
$12K
AVENUE SOLUTIONS
$11K
TRITON SYSTEMS
$11K
MARKET BASKET
$10K
WHITTIER HEALTH
$10K
E M DUGGAN
$10K
ISCHEMIX
$10K
SUNSHINE PAVING
$10K
V10 DEVELOPMENT
$10K
KEYSER PUBLIC STRATEGIES
$10K
CASSIDY ASSOCIATES
$9K
908 DEVICES
$9K
AVENUE SOLUTIONS
$9K
A10 ASSOCIATES
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Lori Trahan comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$8
Disclosed outside spending
$0
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
100.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRACY PAC
$124
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.
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.
83 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.42M to Lori Trahan across 156 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.42M
Shared contributors
83
Contributions
156
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 54 | 71 | $345K |
| 2024 | 30 | 49 | $537K |
| 2026 | 22 | 36 | $535K |
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Lori Trahan 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