Tim Sheehy
Republican
· MT Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Armed Services · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Innovation · and Fisheries · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
71.3
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
5.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$38,146,286
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$130,044,799
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
4.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
12.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$19,343 direct
NORPAC
$3,300 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $42.23M 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 — $84K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$21,705,086
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
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Share from this one network
2.4%
Amount from this network
$39,535
Total from all networks
$1,661,588
Networks contributing
284
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Who funds Sheehy
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$39,046,771
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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
6.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
2.6%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$400K
BLACKSTONE
$203K
YELLOWSTONE BANK
$80K
WCAS
$51K
QUANTA SERVICES
$43K
MATRIX
$41K
CONCRET MATERIALS OF MT
$36K
SPANGLER COMPANIES
$36K
BARNARD CONST
$33K
JIM CLICK AUTOMOTIVE
$33K
S RANCH
$33K
ADAMONT HEIMES
$30K
PACIFIC UNION DEVELOPMENT
$30K
PEDER BILLION
$30K
SOC
$30K
REAL ESTATE
$29K
CHAIRMAN
$27K
ADMINISTRATE
$26K
CROSS HARBOR CAPITAL
$26K
EXECUTIVE
$26K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Tim Sheehy comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$83.43M
Disclosed outside spending
$41.82M
Dark-money outside spending
$41.61M
Share that is dark money
49.87%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$378K
Groups hiding their donors
10
By funding network
LAST BEST PLACE PAC
$64.06M
DEMOCRACY PAC
$47.11M
MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENT
$13.61M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$12.65M
DSCC
$10.03M
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$4.12M
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$2.77M
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$1.49M
TRUTH AND JUSTICE FUND COMPANY
$1.34M
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$1.07M
VOTEVETS
$1.04M
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC
$980K
MONTANA HUNTERS AND ANGLERS LEADERSHIP FUND
$962K
BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)
$700K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$675K
Groups that hide their donors
$32.03M
$2.06M
$269K
$230K
1 smaller group under $500
$345
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
DSCC
$837K
BRIAN FITZPATRICK FOR ALL OF US
$228K
LAWLER FOR CONGRESS
$171K
FRENCH HILL FOR ARKANSAS
$117K
IN THE ARENA PAC
$112K
BLAINE FOR CONGRESS
$93K
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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.
132 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.99M to Tim Sheehy across 541 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.99M
Shared contributors
132
Contributions
541
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99 | 494 | $1.87M |
| 2026 | 36 | 47 | $117K |
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Tim Sheehy 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