Mitch Mcconnell
Republican
· KY Senate · 119th Congress
Joint Committee on Printing (Chair) · Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · Specialty Crops (Chair) · and Research (Chair) · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (Chair) · Joint Committee of Congress on the Library · and Forestry · Risk Management · and Trade · Agricultural Research · and Specialty Crops · and Credit · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · Veterans Affairs · Foreign Operations · and Related Programs · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
63.2
Moderately exposed
↓ -2.6
vs 118th (65.8)
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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
1.4
/ 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
$7,084
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
10.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.7
/ 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
13.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
8.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.4
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $171.12M 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 — $342K.
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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 | 71.3 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 67.5 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 65.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.2 | Moderately 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
$22,500
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
WINRED
Share from this one network
36.8%
Amount from this network
$438,697
Total from all networks
$1,191,285
Networks contributing
197
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Who funds Mcconnell
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$249,740
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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
98.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
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
13
Money that arrived near votes
$27K
Distinct donors
26
Distinct employers
12
Share of their total fundraising
2.23%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ZIONS BANK
$10K
FIRST CORBIN FINANCIAL
$3K
GATEWAY FINANCIAL
$2K
GREENBERG RAPP FINANCIAL
$2K
BOULEVARD FINANCIAL
$2K
ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES
$1K
ENZA FINANCIAL
$1K
GATEWAY FINANCIAL
$1K
INDEPENDENCE BANK
$1K
INSTITUTIONAL INSURANCE
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$40K
CHARLES A KLEIN SONS
$36K
FROST BROWN TODD
$31K
TARPLIN DOWNS YOUNG
$21K
ALTRIA
$20K
RMV
$20K
LEPRINO FOODS
$18K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$17K
FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
$15K
MILLER STRATEGIES
$15K
THE NICKLES
$15K
WORLD WIDE TECH
$15K
CBIZMHM
$11K
LAKE BLVD
$11K
RYSING ADVISORY RESEARCH
$11K
ACADEMY SERVICES
$11K
MCDERMOTT WILL ENERGY
$11K
EXECUTIVE AFFILIATES
$10K
INTUIT
$10K
TIBER CREEK
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mitch Mcconnell comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7K
Disclosed outside spending
$439
Dark-money outside spending
$7K
Share that is dark money
93.80%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
SAEF
$17.50M
SAVE AMERICA FUND
$3.78M
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$1.24M
THE LINCOLN PROJECT
$928K
SLF PAC
$405K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$327K
THE PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
$232K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$184K
AFT SOLIDARITY
$176K
FOR THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY PAC
$150K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$116K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$109K
MAD DOG PAC
$83K
VOTEVETS
$75K
AUGUST PAC
$73K
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
13 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $124K to Mitch Mcconnell across 413 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$124K
Shared contributors
13
Contributions
413
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 413 | $124K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Mitch Mcconnell or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM PIPER | Special Assistant, Senator McConnell | FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS | 16 | 17 | 2023–2025 |
| GORDON BATES | CoS, Sen. McConnell, 2000-02; Legal Cnsl, Sen. McConnell, 1999-00; Chief Cnsl, S… | AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD | 14 | 14 | 2023–2025 |
| MICHAEL SOLON | Senator McConnell, Senator Lott and Senator Gramm | US POLICY STRATEGIES | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Mitch Mcconnell 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