John Boozman
Republican
· AR Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · and Forestry (Chair) · Risk Management (Chair) · and Trade (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · Veterans Affairs (Chair) · Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe · and Natural Resources · Natural Resources · and Biotechnology · Specialty Crops · and Research · Local Food Systems · and Food Safety and Security · and Food Safety · Agricultural Research · and Specialty Crops · and Credit · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Health and Human Services · and Education · Foreign Operations · and Related Programs · Housing and Urban Development · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · and Nuclear Innovation and Safety · and Nuclear Safety · and Wildlife · and Water · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
85.2
Most exposed
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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
9.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,451,221
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
7.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.1
/ 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
11.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
8.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.4
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $221.55M 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 — $443K.
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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 | 49.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 63.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 55.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 85.2 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
GMI PAC, INC.
Total money from this network
$712,426
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
2.0%
Amount from this network
$68,500
Total from all networks
$3,439,869
Networks contributing
596
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Who funds Boozman
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$6,117,957
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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
96.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
77.5%
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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
$4K
Distinct donors
2
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
0.91%
Biggest clusters of timed money
NORTH STATE BANK
$3K
AGRIBUSINESS OF IOWA
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$174K
STEPHENS
$40K
TYSON FOODS
$29K
FTX US
$26K
WALMART
$24K
MCKEE FOODS
$22K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$21K
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
$21K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$20K
MAXWELL HARDWOOD FLOORING
$18K
BELL LEGAL
$17K
STARKEY
$17K
THE STEPHENS
$17K
DAVITA
$17K
VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES
$15K
TOM JAMES
$14K
XTREMIS
$13K
FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
$13K
NEXTERA ENERGY
$13K
FLORIDA CRYSTALS
$12K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against John Boozman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$2.17M
Disclosed outside spending
$2.05M
Dark-money outside spending
$122K
Share that is dark money
5.61%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
AMERICAN DREAM FEDERAL ACTION
$2.78M
GMI PAC, INC.
$712K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$365K
HEARTLAND RESURGENCE
$287K
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC
$178K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$126K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
Groups that hide their donors
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.
AMERICA S PROMISE
$4.73M
BLAINE FOR CONGRESS
$1.51M
CISCOMANI FOR CONGRESS
$24K
ROB FOR PA
$20K
ELECTGABEEVANS COM
$20K
MACKENZIE FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
$20K
GLEN FEINGOLD
$19K
JOSE R MELLADO
$19K
DAVID JOHNSON
$19K
TJ WILLIS
$19K
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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.
79 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $746K to John Boozman across 116 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$746K
Shared contributors
79
Contributions
116
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 78 | 114 | $596K |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | $150K |
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John Boozman 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