Ruben Gallego
Democrat
· AZ Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Banking (Chair) · Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe · House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Public Lands · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · and Urban Affairs · and Community Development · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Federal Workforce · and Regulatory Affairs · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
67.2
Moderately 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
5.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$48,481,391
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$44,255,535
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.8
/ 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
7.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$5,000 direct · $1,608 outside spending
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $39.50M 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 — $79K.
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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 | 60.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 66.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 81.7 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 67.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DEMOCRACY PAC
Total money from this network
$13,412,090
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
SOMOS PAC
Share from this one network
11.3%
Amount from this network
$250,000
Total from all networks
$2,220,572
Networks contributing
411
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Who funds Gallego
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$49,355,722
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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
15.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
40.8%
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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
89
Money that arrived near votes
$250K
Distinct donors
122
Distinct employers
74
Share of their total fundraising
0.67%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BAIN CAPITAL
$7K
BERKSHIRE
$7K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$7K
BLOOMBERG
$7K
BLUESTEM ASSET MANAGEMENT
$7K
D E SHAW RESEARCH
$7K
EVERCORE
$7K
GREYLOCK
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
KLEINER PERKINS
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
GOOGLE
$64K
MOTLEY RICE
$42K
APPLE
$37K
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
$35K
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
$34K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$33K
BLACKSTONE
$32K
WILMERHALE
$31K
ASU
$27K
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN BERNSTEIN LLP
$26K
STATE OF ILLINOIS
$25K
DRAGONEER INVESTMENT
$23K
ATTORNEY
$22K
INVARIANT
$21K
AT T
$21K
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$20K
BAIN CAPITAL
$20K
COMPETITIVE ENGINEERING
$20K
RAYTHEON
$19K
BANNER HEALTH
$19K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ruben Gallego comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$46.16M
Disclosed outside spending
$24.81M
Dark-money outside spending
$21.35M
Share that is dark money
46.25%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$3.04M
Groups hiding their donors
18
By funding network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$31.47M
FAIRSHAKE
$20.08M
ESAFUND
$6.36M
VOTEVETS
$5.80M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$5.78M
SOMOS PAC
$4.17M
DEMOCRACY PAC
$3.65M
JEFFERSON RISING
$2.49M
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$2.24M
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$1.59M
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$1.44M
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$1.05M
NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTION
$912K
PROGRESSIVE CENTURY PROJECT
$856K
ONE FOR ALL COMMITTEE
$767K
Groups that hide their donors
$15.48M
$2.81M
$1.96M
$115K
1 smaller group under $500
$384
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.
ANNIE MAHON
$330K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$133K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$129K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$110K
CHRIS PAPPAS FOR CONGRESS
$110K
ANGIE CRAIG FOR CONGRESS
$102K
SUSAN WILD FOR CONGRESS
$97K
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
$75K
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS
$75K
ENGEL FOR ARIZONA
$74K
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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.
393 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $737K to Ruben Gallego across 685 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$737K
Shared contributors
393
Contributions
685
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 49 | 61 | $234K |
| 2024 | 352 | 620 | $499K |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 | $3K |
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Ruben Gallego 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