Abigail Spanberger
Democrat
· VA-7 · 119th Congress
Influence Score
0.0
Not scored
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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
0.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$15,488,391
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$6,000 direct
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Spanberger
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
No sponsor relationships on file.
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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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
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
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
THE MILLER FIRM
$26K
BLACKSTONE
$19K
GOOGLE
$14K
BLACKSTONE
$13K
WEINSTEIN PROPERTIES
$13K
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
$13K
VCU HEALTH
$13K
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
$12K
GENWORTH FINANCIAL
$12K
WEINSTEIN PROPERTIES
$12K
US NAVY
$12K
HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP
$12K
ARNOLD VENTURES
$12K
EXECUTIVE AFFILIATES
$12K
FISHER BROTHERS
$12K
Q PRIME
$12K
WORLD-WIDE
$12K
EAB GLOBAL
$11K
COVINGTON BURLING LLP
$11K
APEX COVANTAGE
$11K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Abigail Spanberger comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$13.37M
Disclosed outside spending
$12.63M
Dark-money outside spending
$734K
Share that is dark money
5.49%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$229K
Groups hiding their donors
9
By funding network
NRCC
$12.59M
SLF PAC
$8.38M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$7.47M
CITIZENS FOR FREE ENTERPRISE
$3.65M
SHIELD PAC
$2.20M
VETERANS AID PAC
$1.26M
POLICE AND TROOPER SUPPORT PAC
$1.24M
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$912K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$808K
VOTEVETS.ORG ACTION FUND
$807K
CASA IN ACTION PAC
$782K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$600K
DCCC
$445K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$420K
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$338K
Groups that hide their donors
$404K
$118K
$112K
$29K
2 smaller groups under $500
$41
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.
M QUINN DELANEY
$165K
JANELLE BYNUM FOR CONGRESS
$68K
GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS
$49K
VINDMAN FOR CONGRESS
$38K
MCCLELLAN FOR CONGRESS
$14K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$127K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$92K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$83K
BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO
$48K
PAUL DOOLEY
$17K
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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.
136 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $304K to Abigail Spanberger across 206 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$304K
Shared contributors
136
Contributions
206
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 105 | 142 | $127K |
| 2024 | 52 | 64 | $176K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Abigail Spanberger or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSCOE JONES | Chief of Staff to Rep. Abigail Spanberger; Leg. Director to Sen. Dianne Feinstei… | GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP | 4 | 6 | 2023–2024 |
| SIGRID JOHANNES | U.S. House - Office of the Democratic Whip Intern, May-Aug. 2018 U.S. Senate - J… | PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL | 1 | 6 | 2023–2024 |
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Abigail Spanberger is not scored: there is no usable voting record to rank against — either the vote and contribution records have not yet been matched to this member, or this is a non-voting delegate. This is the absence of a score, not a finding of low 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