Gary C. Peters
Democrat
· MI Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Commerce (Chair) · and Safety (Chair) · and Ports (Chair) · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Chair) · Joint Economic Committee · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · Veterans Affairs · Senate Committee on Armed Services · and Transportation · and Fisheries · and Broadband · and the Internet · Climate Change · and Manufacturing · and Competitiveness · and Weather · Federal Workforce · and Regulatory Affairs · District of Columbia · and Census
Influence Score
61.4
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
2.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,056
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,352
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.8
/ 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
11.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
9.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.3
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $209.37M 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 — $419K.
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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 | 72.0 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 85.2 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 37.8 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 61.4 | 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
$10,570,416
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.2%
Amount from this network
$15,000
Total from all networks
$1,290,178
Networks contributing
371
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Who funds Peters
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$519,117
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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
1.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
1.2%
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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
12
Money that arrived near votes
$30K
Distinct donors
14
Distinct employers
11
Share of their total fundraising
1.66%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
PFIZER
$7K
AMGEN
$3K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$3K
MERCK
$3K
ADVANCE FINANCIAL
$1K
ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES
$1K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$1K
BANK OF AMERICA
$1K
GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
GOOGLE
$32K
FREEDOM ROAD
$23K
THE ROOSEVELT
$22K
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$16K
DTE ENERGY
$15K
NEXUS PHARMACEUTICALS
$12K
PANGOLIN HEALTH
$12K
SPACEX
$11K
VENABLE LLP
$11K
WINGED KEEL
$10K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$10K
NYMAN TURKISH PC
$10K
ROCKET CENTRAL
$10K
MINDSET
$9K
THE DUBERSTEIN
$8K
ALIX
$8K
FORBES TATE
$7K
FORBES TATE
$7K
THE ROOSEVELT
$7K
ARNOLD VENTURES
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Gary C. Peters comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$12K
Disclosed outside spending
$12K
Dark-money outside spending
$108
Share that is dark money
0.87%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$100
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
SLF PAC
$34.97M
BETTER FUTURE MI FUND
$22.35M
NRSC
$17.86M
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$7.66M
RESTORATION PAC
$5.61M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$2.41M
CFFE PAC
$1.67M
MI PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES
$1.66M
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$1.03M
ESAFUND
$642K
VALOR AMERICA
$606K
MILLIONS OF MICHIGANIANS
$606K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$561K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$542K
SMP
$539K
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$108
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
12 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $22K to Gary C. Peters across 39 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$22K
Shared contributors
12
Contributions
39
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 11 | $10K |
| 2024 | 5 | 26 | $7K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $5K |
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Gary C. Peters 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