Lindsey Graham
Republican
· SC Senate · 119th Congress
Foreign Operations (Chair) · and Related Programs (Chair) · Senate Committee on the Budget (Chair) · Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Chair) · Senate Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · Health and Human Services · and Education · Housing and Urban Development · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · Waste Management · Environmental Justice · and Regulatory Oversight · and Nuclear Innovation and Safety · and Nuclear Safety · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · Multilateral Institutions · and International Economic · and Environmental Policy · South Asia · Central Asia · and Counterterrorism · Agency Action · and Federal Rights · and Border Safety · and the Law
Influence Score
72.3
Highly 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
2.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$907,792
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.4
/ 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
10.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
NORPAC
$31,800 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$10,000 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$2,494 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $418.26M 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 — $837K.
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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 | 81.3 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 80.5 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 44.5 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 72.3 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Total money from this network
$40,000
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.
Network
FELLOWSHIP PAC
Share from this one network
26.6%
Amount from this network
$550,000
Total from all networks
$2,067,654
Networks contributing
215
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Who funds Graham
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,416,852
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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
0.4%
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
5
Money that arrived near votes
$6K
Distinct donors
6
Distinct employers
5
Share of their total fundraising
0.32%
Biggest clusters of timed money
PERMCAP INVESTMENT OFFICE
$2K
CENTRAL ELECTRIC
$2K
COASTAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
$1K
CONQUEST INSURANCE
$1K
SOUTHERN FIRST BANK
$1K
TIENCKEN LAW FIRM
$500
MID-CAROLINA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
$400
YORK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
$300
CENTRAL ELECTRIC POWER -OP
$250
LAURENS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$103K
HOMEMAKER
$65K
HOMEMAKER
$48K
FLUOR
$41K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$39K
BLACKSTONE
$36K
BLOOM ENERGY
$28K
US IMMIGRATION FUND
$26K
DUKE ENERGY
$26K
VERIZON
$22K
RMS
$21K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$20K
THOMPSON CONSTRUCTION
$19K
ROPER ST FRANCIS
$19K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$18K
BON SECOURS MERCY HEALTH
$18K
BOEING
$18K
AUDAX
$18K
WILDCAT OIL TOOLS
$17K
BASHA DIAGNOSTICS
$17K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Lindsey Graham comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$357K
Disclosed outside spending
$357K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
SMP
$9.91M
THE LINCOLN PROJECT
$5.31M
SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC
$4.47M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$3.04M
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC.
$2.76M
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$2.52M
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE
$2.40M
LIBERTY SC
$2.35M
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$1.10M
FELLOWSHIP PAC
$550K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$438K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$411K
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
$380K
ONWARD SC
$316K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$285K
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.
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.
254 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $4.08M to Lindsey Graham across 459 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$4.08M
Shared contributors
254
Contributions
459
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18 | 61 | $233K |
| 2024 | 47 | 55 | $266K |
| 2026 | 196 | 343 | $3.58M |
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Lindsey Graham's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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