Elissa Slotkin
Democrat
· MI Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · and Food Safety (Chair) · House Committee on Armed Services · Innovative Technologies · and Information Systems · House Committee on Homeland Security · Infrastructure Protection · and Innovation · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · and Forestry · Risk Management · and Trade · Senate Committee on Armed Services · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Federal Workforce · and Regulatory Affairs · District of Columbia · and Census · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
64.0
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
3.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$49,942,601
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$109,029,345
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 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
8.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.2
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $41.69M 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 — $83K.
Israel-policy PAC money spent against this member: $1K
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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 | 73.0 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 72.3 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 67.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 64.0 | 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
$11,559,008
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
8.0%
Amount from this network
$105,126
Total from all networks
$1,310,578
Networks contributing
205
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Who funds Slotkin
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$50,504,470
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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
5.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
34.3%
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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
7
Money that arrived near votes
$14K
Distinct donors
10
Distinct employers
5
Share of their total fundraising
0.04%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS
$5K
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3K
BAE SYSTEMS
$2K
GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS
$1K
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1K
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1K
TYSON FOODS
$1K
GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS
$500
LEIDOS
$500
LEIDOS
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$185K
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
$150K
GOOGLE
$67K
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR
$44K
APPLE
$34K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$34K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$31K
HENRY FORD HEALTH
$31K
META PLATFORMS
$29K
STATE OF MICHIGAN
$27K
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$26K
GENERAL MOTORS
$26K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$26K
FORD MOTOR
$23K
HONIGMAN LLP
$21K
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$21K
BAIN CAPITAL
$20K
NAPIER PARK GLOBAL CAPITAL
$20K
NYMAN TURKISH PC
$20K
COREWELL HEALTH
$20K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Elissa Slotkin comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$79.13M
Disclosed outside spending
$30.26M
Dark-money outside spending
$48.86M
Share that is dark money
61.75%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$4.67M
Groups hiding their donors
16
By funding network
SLF PAC
$64.66M
NRSC
$21.97M
FAIRSHAKE
$20.09M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$11.35M
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$8.98M
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$4.89M
CFFE PAC
$4.55M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$3.94M
DEMOCRACY PAC
$3.86M
SOMOS PAC
$2.45M
DUTY TO AMERICA PAC
$2.03M
FOR OUR FUTURE
$1.90M
NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTION
$1.45M
VOTEVETS
$829K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$800K
Groups that hide their donors
$32.33M
$4.49M
$2.45M
$1.67M
$1.17M
$232K
$112K
1 smaller group under $500
$127
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.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS GENERAL ASSOCATION
$17.16M
DAN CRENSHAW FOR CONGRESS
$330K
ANGIE CRAIG FOR CONGRESS
$108K
KEAN FOR CONGRESS
$78K
TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESS
$64K
TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE
$57K
CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS FOR CONGRESS
$48K
LISA MURKOWSKI FOR US SENATE
$46K
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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.
203 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.01M to Elissa Slotkin across 436 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.01M
Shared contributors
203
Contributions
436
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 197 | 399 | $1.00M |
| 2026 | 10 | 37 | $9K |
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Elissa Slotkin 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