Eric Schmitt
Republican
· MO Senate · 119th Congress
Joint Economic Committee · Senate Committee on Armed Services · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Innovation · and Competitiveness · and Safety · Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Competition Policy · and Consumer Rights · Agency Action · and Federal Rights
Influence Score
65.5
Moderately exposed
↓ -7.2
vs 118th (72.7)
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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
3.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$18,938,395
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$3,928,430
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.9
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.0
/ 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
8.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
8.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $62.51M 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 — $125K.
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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 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 72.7 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 65.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$2,588,166
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
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
Share from this one network
12.9%
Amount from this network
$220,606
Total from all networks
$1,708,705
Networks contributing
307
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Who funds Schmitt
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$19,566,270
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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
2.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
5.8%
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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
9
Money that arrived near votes
$28K
Distinct donors
11
Distinct employers
7
Share of their total fundraising
1.65%
Biggest clusters of timed money
A16Z
$7K
FORTRESS INVESTMENT
$7K
COHEN KLINGENSTEIN
$5K
IBC BANK
$3K
COHEN KLINGENSTEIN
$1K
HUNTLEIGH SECURITIES
$1K
HUNTLEIGH SECURITIES
$1K
MA BANK
$1K
STIFEL BANK
$1K
FC BANK
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$108K
HOMEMAKER
$86K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$64K
HERZOG
$52K
EDWARD JONES
$45K
HOMEMAKER
$40K
BLACKSTONE
$34K
BURNS MCDONNELL
$30K
PRESIDENT
$26K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$23K
CEO
$22K
TORCH ELECTRONICS
$21K
CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION
$19K
STIFEL
$19K
OLIN
$19K
ALEXANDER FORREST
$17K
NRRM
$17K
CHARLES POTOMAC CAPITAL
$16K
CHARTWELL STRATEGY
$16K
ENTERPRISE
$16K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Eric Schmitt comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$11.53M
Disclosed outside spending
$6.35M
Dark-money outside spending
$5.18M
Share that is dark money
44.90%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$10.51M
SAVE MISSOURI VALUES
$6.53M
TEAM PAC
$2.76M
SECURE OUR FREEDOM ACTION FUND
$1.17M
GMI PAC, INC.
$678K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$581K
GOA VICTORY FUND
$212K
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC.
$200K
CARRY THE TORCH
$100K
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND ACTION
$100K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICA
$25K
MISSOURI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FEDERAL PAC
$5K
MISSOURI RIGHT TO LIFE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$63
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$51
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.
128 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $219K to Eric Schmitt across 178 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$219K
Shared contributors
128
Contributions
178
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 119 | 144 | $200K |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | $13K |
| 2026 | 5 | 20 | $6K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Eric Schmitt or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JIMMY PEACOCK | Chief of Staff (Senator Eric Schmitt), Chief of Staff (Congresswoman Ashley Hins… | CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. | 12 | 23 | 2025–2025 |
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Eric Schmitt 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