Joe Manchin
Democrat
· WV Senate · 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
$12,900
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
0.0
/ 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
$250 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 Manchin
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
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS
$87K
QUANTA SERVICES
$87K
RYAN
$86K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$70K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$61K
VIATRIS
$48K
BLACKSTONE
$46K
CAPITAL
$43K
WCAS
$39K
NEXTERA ENERGY
$35K
OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$35K
TELLURIAN
$33K
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
$31K
HANOVER
$29K
LIGHTSTONE
$26K
SEMPRA
$26K
CONOCOPHILLIPS
$20K
FOX
$18K
ERGON
$17K
LEFRAK ORGANIZATION
$17K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Joe Manchin comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SLF PAC
$14.94M
SMP
$8.22M
NRSC
$5.12M
GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC PAC
$3.36M
AMERICAS PAC
$1.11M
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)
$706K
RESTORATION PAC
$652K
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA POWER PAC
$598K
DUTY AND COUNTRY
$563K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$406K
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL INC
$200K
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC
$112K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PAC
$89K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$41K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$26K
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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.
61 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $136K to Joe Manchin across 103 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$136K
Shared contributors
61
Contributions
103
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 38 | 57 | $113K |
| 2024 | 33 | 46 | $22K |
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Revolving Door
10 former staff members
who worked for Joe Manchin or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON HAYES | Chief of Staff, Legislative Director - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV; Deputy Legislativ… | KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC | 7 | 8 | 2023–2024 |
| GRANT HERRING | Communications Director, Senator Joe Manchin | LIBERTY PARTNERS GROUP, LLC | 6 | 42 | 2023–2025 |
| JAMES KUNGEL | Chief of Staff, Sen. Joe Manchin | ACORN CONSULTING | 6 | 21 | 2025–2025 |
| CLAYTON CRABTREE | Legislative Assistant, Senator Joe Manchin | NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION | 1 | 11 | 2023–2025 |
| DEVIN SEARS | Staff Assistant, Senator Joe Manchin, 2013 | LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY | 1 | 3 | 2023–2023 |
| EMMA BRYAN | Senator Joe Manchin legislative assistance Nov 2017-Jan 2023 | NESTLE USA | 1 | 14 | 2023–2025 |
| DOUGLASS CALIDAS | Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Deputy Legislative Director, and Senior Ec… | AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION | 1 | 5 | 2024–2024 |
| LANCE WEST | Sen. Manchin, Dep Scheduler, 2013-2014; Sen. Manchin, Leg Correspondent, 2014-20… | COMCAST CORPORATION | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| AUDREY SMITH | Legislative Assistant 8/1/2012 - 4/10/2015;U.S. House of Representatives Office … | AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| JUSTIN FOLSOM | Legislative Director, Senator Joe Manchin (WV) | SOUTHERN COMPANY | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Joe Manchin 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