Bernie Moreno
Republican
· OH Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Banking · and Urban Affairs · and Community Development · and Investment · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Fisheries · and Competitiveness · and Safety · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Federal Workforce · and Regulatory Affairs · Senate Committee on the Budget · United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
Influence Score
73.9
Highly 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
4.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$137,356,201
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$171,557,825
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.2
/ 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
10.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$24,874 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $159.15M 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 — $318K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$67,095,606
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
11.3%
Amount from this network
$169,203
Total from all networks
$1,490,235
Networks contributing
260
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Who funds Moreno
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$138,182,110
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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
29.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
24.6%
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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
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$431K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$375K
HOMEMAKER
$81K
MARSHALL GOLDMAN SALES AND LEASING
$53K
BLACKSTONE
$50K
RDV
$46K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$46K
PARK PLACE TECHNOLOGIES
$40K
DCI
$37K
FIRELANDS AUTO
$36K
FLUZ
$36K
MINUTE MEN
$36K
PERFORMANCE COLUMBUS
$36K
WMK
$36K
JEFF WYLER AUTOMOTIVE FAMILY
$36K
UBS
$34K
LAPIS MANAGMENT
$33K
SUBURBAN NATURAL GAS
$33K
WARREN HENRY AUTO
$32K
KIMBALL MIDWEST
$31K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Bernie Moreno comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$155.96M
Disclosed outside spending
$127.94M
Dark-money outside spending
$28.02M
Share that is dark money
17.97%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$826K
Groups hiding their donors
9
By funding network
DEMOCRACY PAC
$144.59M
FAIRSHAKE
$80.27M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$27.18M
SLF PAC
$13.88M
BUCKEYE LEADERSHIP FUND, INC.
$7.54M
DUTY AND COUNTRY
$6.39M
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$6.04M
LEADERSHIP FOR OHIO FUND
$4.46M
EDF ACTION VOTES
$3.00M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$2.59M
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$1.74M
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$1.52M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.50M
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1.23M
YOUR COMMUNITY PAC
$1.21M
Groups that hide their donors
$6.94M
$3.19M
$3.03M
$675K
$137K
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
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
NRCC
$840K
MILLER-MEEKS FOR CONGRESS
$109K
RAI SERVICES
$13.90M
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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.
278 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $7.01M to Bernie Moreno across 646 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$7.01M
Shared contributors
278
Contributions
646
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 262 | 560 | $5.28M |
| 2026 | 28 | 86 | $1.73M |
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Bernie Moreno's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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