Margaret Wood Hassan
Democrat
· NH Senate · 119th Congress
Joint Economic Committee (Chair) · Senate Committee on Finance · Natural Resources · and Infrastructure · and Family Policy · Senate Committee on Health · and Pensions · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Federal Workforce · and Regulatory Affairs · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
Influence Score
90.6
Most exposed
↑ +9.5
vs 118th (81.1)
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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
11.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$7,460,820
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$27,683,449
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.7
/ 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
10.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.9
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $101.67M 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 — $203K.
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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 | 59.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 65.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 81.1 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 90.6 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
LCV VICTORY FUND
Total money from this network
$3,204,425
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.
Share from this one network
0.9%
Amount from this network
$36,750
Total from all networks
$3,930,396
Networks contributing
664
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Who funds Hassan
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
1.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
54.1%
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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
18
Money that arrived near votes
$42K
Distinct donors
22
Distinct employers
11
Share of their total fundraising
3.03%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$7K
ELEVANCE HEALTH
$4K
ELEVANCE HEALTH
$3K
THE BAUPOST
$3K
KROTTER INVESTMENT
$3K
CFG BANK
$3K
ELEVANCE HEALTH
$2K
ELEVANCE HEALTH
$2K
ELEVANCE HEALTH
$2K
ELEVANCE HEALTH
$2K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
GOOGLE
$67K
MOTLEY RICE
$51K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$43K
ELEVANCE HEALTH
$39K
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
$39K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$37K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$37K
WILMERHALE
$32K
CAPITAL
$30K
CENTENE
$30K
MICROSOFT
$29K
APPLE
$29K
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON GARRISON
$28K
MIT
$27K
FREEDOM ROAD
$26K
META
$25K
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
$24K
BLACKSTONE
$23K
FOLEY HOAG LLP
$22K
NYMAN TURKISH PC
$20K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Margaret Wood Hassan comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$17.83M
Disclosed outside spending
$6.81M
Dark-money outside spending
$11.02M
Share that is dark money
61.79%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$1.32M
Groups hiding their donors
11
By funding network
SLF PAC
$13.49M
NRSC
$5.85M
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$3.08M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$2.52M
SMP
$2.39M
RESTORATION PAC
$2.27M
OUR AMERICAN CENTURY
$1.74M
PA LAWYER FUND
$700K
CFFE PAC
$597K
AMERICAS PAC
$465K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$409K
THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY
$363K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)
$255K
OUR FUTURE UNITED
$200K
FRONTIERS OF FREEDOM ACTION, INC.
$148K
Groups that hide their donors
$6.74M
$1.54M
$1.26M
$1.20M
$62K
$10K
2 smaller groups under $500
$497
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.
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$84K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$83K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$82K
NRCC
$840K
MILLER-MEEKS FOR CONGRESS
$109K
RAI SERVICES
$13.90M
KENNETH C GRIFFIN
$8.80M
CHARLES B JOHNSON
$5.17M
SOLANA INSTITUTE
$3.16M
WALTER W BUCKLEY
$2.25M
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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.
420 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $564K to Margaret Wood Hassan across 628 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$564K
Shared contributors
420
Contributions
628
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 413 | 609 | $543K |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | $16K |
| 2026 | 6 | 10 | $6K |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for Margaret Wood Hassan or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLA ANDERSON | Policy Advisor, Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, FCC; Policy Advisor & Legislative … | SALT POINT STRATEGIES | 24 | 44 | 2025–2025 |
| MARC GOLDBERG | CoS, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (NH); Comms Director, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (… | CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. | 5 | 11 | 2024–2025 |
| HANNAH COULTER | Intern, Senator Maggie Hassan | HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| BENJAMIN HARROLD | Intern - Senator Maggie Hassan. | NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Margaret Wood Hassan ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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