Pete Stauber
Republican
· MN-8 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · House Committee on Small Business · Tax and Capital Access · and Supply Chains · and Rural Business Development · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
45.0
Least exposed
↑ +0.6
vs 118th (44.4)
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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
6.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,852
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$4,931
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.8
/ 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
6.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,006 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$20 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $33.89M 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 — $68K.
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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 | 51.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 46.5 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 44.4 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 45.0 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$86,250
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.
Share from this one network
2.2%
Amount from this network
$57,500
Total from all networks
$2,568,009
Networks contributing
355
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Who funds Stauber
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
93.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
9
Money that arrived near votes
$16K
Distinct donors
11
Distinct employers
5
Share of their total fundraising
1.47%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ROCKWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$5K
NORTH SHORE BANK
$2K
YOUNGDAHL INSURANCE
$2K
ELMDALE FARMERS MUTUAL
$2K
YOUNGDAHL INSURANCE
$1K
BANK OF AMERICA MERILL LYNCH
$1K
BANK OF AMERICA MERILL LYNCH
$1K
NORTH SHORE BANK
$1K
ROCKWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
WELLS FARGO
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$50K
HOMEMAKER
$37K
HOMEMAKER
$33K
HUBBARD BROADCASTING
$29K
RYAN
$27K
DEL ZOTTO MANUFACTURING
$24K
ARVIG
$21K
ARVIG
$20K
ANDERSON TRUCKING SERVICE
$20K
KLN FAMILY BRANDS
$19K
ATS
$18K
BRIAN DROR CPA
$18K
CAPSTAN
$18K
KING CAPITAL
$16K
FRANA COMPANIES
$16K
K2
$16K
STRATA PRODUCTION
$15K
KING CAPITAL
$14K
SANTO PETROLEUM
$14K
MEAGHER GEER
$14K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Pete Stauber comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$10K
Disclosed outside spending
$10K
Dark-money outside spending
$22
Share that is dark money
0.22%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$1.06M
DCCC
$785K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$181K
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY
$82K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$81K
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$79K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$12K
RIGHT NOW USA
$11K
SLF PAC
$11K
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION SUPER PAC
$10K
LIUNA MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA/LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA
$9K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$4K
INDIVISIBLE BEMIDJI
$4K
WORKING AMERICA
$3K
MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE, INC. FEDERAL PAC
$3K
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$22
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.
27 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $232K to Pete Stauber across 61 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$232K
Shared contributors
27
Contributions
61
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 25 | $188K |
| 2024 | 21 | 26 | $28K |
| 2026 | 4 | 10 | $16K |
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Pete Stauber ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
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