Pete Ricketts
Republican
· NE Senate · 119th Congress
and Water (Chair) · the Pacific (Chair) · and International Cybersecurity Policy (Chair) · Senate Committee on Banking · and Urban Affairs · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · and Nuclear Innovation and Safety · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · International Operations · and Bilateral International Development · Senate Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
75.3
Highly exposed
↑ +24.0
vs 118th (51.3)
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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
2.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,193,820
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$431
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.1
/ 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
7.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.2
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
CITYPAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $154.98M 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 — $310K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 51.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 75.3 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Total money from this network
$47,250
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
FELLOWSHIP PAC
Share from this one network
26.8%
Amount from this network
$1,050,000
Total from all networks
$3,917,445
Networks contributing
304
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Who funds Ricketts
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,073,750
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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
98.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
86.3%
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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
57
Money that arrived near votes
$184K
Distinct donors
74
Distinct employers
44
Share of their total fundraising
2.57%
Biggest clusters of timed money
AMERICAN FINANCIAL
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$7K
FORTRESS INVESTMENT
$7K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$7K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$7K
LPL FINANCIAL
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
UNION BANK AND
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
PEARSON ASSOCIATES
$385K
HOMEMAKER
$188K
HOLTZMAN VOGEL PLLC
$142K
S-3
$127K
U S TRAVEL
$70K
BP
$64K
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT
$40K
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA PAC
$38K
UNION PACIFIC
$31K
COX
$30K
KIEWIT
$29K
GREENAMERICAN BIOFUELS
$28K
OPEN AI
$27K
SANDHILLS PUBLISHING
$26K
NATIONAL RESTAURANT
$25K
SANDHILLS PUBLISHING
$21K
REYES
$20K
DELOITTE PAC
$20K
HOMEMAKER
$19K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$18K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Pete Ricketts comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$290K
Disclosed outside spending
$281K
Dark-money outside spending
$9K
Share that is dark money
3.11%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$9K
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
FELLOWSHIP PAC
$1.05M
DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC
$777K
SLF PAC
$313K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$18K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$17K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$11K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$8K
INDIGO PAC
$431
Groups that hide their donors
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
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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.
185 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.55M to Pete Ricketts across 268 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.55M
Shared contributors
185
Contributions
268
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 159 | 213 | $1.35M |
| 2026 | 30 | 55 | $1.20M |
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Pete Ricketts'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