John Hoeven
Republican
· ND Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · Risk Management (Chair) · and Trade (Chair) · and Food Safety (Chair) · Rural Development (Chair) · Food and Drug Administration (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (Chair) · and Forestry · and Natural Resources · Natural Resources · and Biotechnology · Specialty Crops · and Research · Agricultural Research · and Specialty Crops · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Veterans Affairs · Housing and Urban Development · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · and Mining
Influence Score
70.2
Moderately exposed
↓ -11.5
vs 118th (81.7)
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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
6.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$784,505
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,952
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.5
/ 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
11.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.0
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $180.80M 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 — $362K.
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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 | 45.5 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 55.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 81.7 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 70.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$126,162
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
2.3%
Amount from this network
$44,500
Total from all networks
$1,953,841
Networks contributing
364
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Who funds Hoeven
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,871,930
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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
96.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
41.7%
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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
4
Money that arrived near votes
$5K
Distinct donors
5
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
1.20%
Biggest clusters of timed money
DONOHO INSURANCE AGENCY
$2K
BLINDERT INSURANCE
$1K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$1K
WILLIAMSON INSURANCE AGENCY
$1K
SIDWELL INSURANCE
$750
FIRST WESTERN BANK AND
$270
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$75K
FTX
$29K
BLACKSTONE
$28K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$28K
ELLINGSON COMPANIES
$22K
STANDARD INDUSTRIES
$14K
HESS
$13K
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
$13K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$13K
MOORE ENGINEERING
$12K
LMBI
$12K
RELIANCE SYSTEMS
$12K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$12K
SANFORD HEALTH
$9K
CRUISE SPECIALISTS
$9K
HOUSEWIFE
$9K
RYAN AUTO
$9K
CITIZENS FIRST BANK
$8K
WHITE PINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against John Hoeven comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$410K
Disclosed outside spending
$360K
Dark-money outside spending
$50K
Share that is dark money
12.19%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
NORTH DAKOTA STRONG INC
$321K
AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION FUND
$204K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$108K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$101K
SLF PAC
$50K
REALLY AMERICAN PAC
$3K
NORTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$1K
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.
156 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $297K to John Hoeven across 180 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$297K
Shared contributors
156
Contributions
180
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 155 | 178 | $296K |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | $2K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for John Hoeven or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYAN BERNSTEIN | Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff to Senator John Hoeven | MCGUIREWOODS CONSULTING (A SUBSIDIARY OF MCGUIREWOODS LLP) | 27 | 54 | 2023–2025 |
| SHANE GOETTLE | Federal Housing Finance Board: 2002-2004; USDA Rural Development 2004-2005; U.S.… | DAKOTA STRATEGIES, LLC (F/N/A ODNEY, INC.) | 1 | 5 | 2025–2025 |
| SHANNON STEHOUWER | Staff, Senator John Hoeven (2014-2016); Staff, Rep. Mike Rogers (2010-2014) | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 1 | 20 | 2023–2025 |
| LAUREN LIMKE | Sen. John Hoeven - Intern, Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent; House Nat… | CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| ALEXIS AAFEDT | Deputy Scheduler and Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Legislative Correspondent,… | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
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John Hoeven 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