Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democrat
· NY-14 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Financial Services · and Capital Markets · International Development · and Monetary Policy · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
Influence Score
47.8
Least exposed
↑ +1.0
vs 118th (46.8)
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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
0.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,178
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$392,177
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
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
9.2
/ 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
12.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.8
/ 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
6.8
/ 12
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 | 58.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 59.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 46.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 47.8 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$15,000
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
21.3%
Amount from this network
$25,000
Total from all networks
$117,206
Networks contributing
25
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Who funds Ocasio-Cortez
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
0.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
27.9%
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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
0.06%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BESTWAY OILFIELD
$2K
NVIDIA
$1K
BOSTON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
$666
BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL
$550
INTEL
$535
GOOGLE
$532
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
$500
CNS HEALTHCARE
$500
CNS HEALTHCARE
$500
NVIDIA
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
GOOGLE
$28K
GOOGLE
$26K
GOOGLE
$23K
APPLE
$16K
MICROSOFT
$14K
NVIDIA
$13K
MICROSOFT
$11K
APPLE
$11K
FREELANCE
$10K
UMD
$9K
FACEBOOK
$9K
AMAZON
$9K
ORACLE
$9K
AMAZON
$9K
META
$8K
LANCASTER-LEBANON INTERMEDIATE UNIT 13
$8K
MICROSOFT
$7K
PREMIER GEAR MACHINE WORKS
$7K
NEXTEGIC VENTURES
$7K
ORRICK HERRINGTON SUTCLIFFE
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$199K
Disclosed outside spending
$198K
Dark-money outside spending
$796
Share that is dark money
0.40%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$788
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
FUTURE45
$633K
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC
$128K
HONORING AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PAC
$128K
KEEP AMERICA AMERICA ACTION FUND
$81K
ESAFUND
$35K
DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC
$27K
ALABAMA CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES (ACC)
$24K
SLF PAC
$6K
GARDEN STATE ADVANCE, INC.
$5K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$5K
BATTLEGROUND NEW YORK
$4K
STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER PAC
$4K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$2K
UNITED WE DREAM ACTION PAC
$969
CONCERNED CITIZEN
$448
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.
ANNIE MAHON
$330K
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
$75K
LISETTE NIEVES
$15K
JASON BELL
$5K
SANDRA LI
$5K
DAVID SWITZER
$4K
RICHARD PETERSON
$2K
PETER BRADSHAW
$2K
EVE SANDBERG
$2K
LAUREN KEENAN
$2K
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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.
23 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $584K to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez across 237 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$584K
Shared contributors
23
Contributions
237
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 57 | $8K |
| 2024 | 14 | 101 | $541K |
| 2026 | 17 | 79 | $35K |
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 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