Bill Hagerty
Republican
· TN Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Banking (Chair) · International Operations (Chair) · and Bilateral International Development (Chair) · Joint Committee on Printing · Senate Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · Veterans Affairs · Foreign Operations · and Related Programs · and Urban Affairs · and Community Development · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · the Pacific · and International Cybersecurity Policy · Multilateral Institutions · and International Economic · and Environmental Policy · South Asia · Central Asia · and Counterterrorism · Transnational Crime · Civilian Security · Human Rights · and Global Women's Issues · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Influence Score
76.8
Highly exposed
↑ +6.5
vs 118th (70.3)
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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
7.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,569,872
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
6.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.5
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
6.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.5
/ 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
5.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$21 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $199.30M 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 — $399K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 57.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 70.3 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 76.8 | 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
$80,000
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
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
Share from this one network
14.3%
Amount from this network
$558,500
Total from all networks
$3,911,446
Networks contributing
443
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Who funds Hagerty
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,927,443
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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
2.7%
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
31
Money that arrived near votes
$115K
Distinct donors
59
Distinct employers
21
Share of their total fundraising
2.86%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUPO
$9K
PATTON LOGISTICS
$9K
BANK POLICY INSTITUTE
$8K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$6K
BANK POLICY INSTITUTE
$6K
UNITED REFINING
$6K
BLACKSTONE
$5K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$248K
HOMEMAKER
$215K
HOMEMAKER
$186K
CAPITAL
$75K
KKR
$73K
BLACKSTONE
$45K
WEST CANCER CENTER
$34K
TRACTOR SUPPLY
$32K
WELLS FARGO
$32K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$31K
RAJANT
$26K
ROBINHOOD MARKETS
$26K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$26K
MULTICOIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$25K
APOLLO
$24K
COINBASE
$23K
DELEK US
$23K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$21K
REYES
$21K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$21K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Bill Hagerty comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
$2.83M
SLF PAC
$1.94M
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$385K
WINNING RIGHT PAC
$350K
STANDING WITH CONSERVATIVES
$234K
THE NEW AMERICAN POPULIST PAC
$8K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$5K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$668
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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.
65 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $142K to Bill Hagerty across 178 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$142K
Shared contributors
65
Contributions
178
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | $6K |
| 2024 | 20 | 101 | $51K |
| 2026 | 47 | 74 | $84K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Bill Hagerty or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RILEY STAMPER | Leg staff member, Sen. Hagerty (Jan 21 - Dec 23); Staff member, Sen. Alexander (… | PHRONESISDC, LLC | 26 | 26 | 2024–2025 |
| WILLIAM STAMPER | Leg staff member, Sen. Hagerty (Jan 21 - Dec 23); Staff member, Sen. Alexander (… | AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD | 7 | 7 | 2024–2024 |
| RILEY STAMPER | Leg staff member, Sen. Hagerty; Staff member, Sen. Alexander | ROBINHOOD MARKETS, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Bill Hagerty'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