Sherrod Brown
Democrat
· OH Senate · 119th Congress
Influence Score
0.0
Not scored
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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
0.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$236,514,525
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$127,319 direct
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Brown
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
No sponsor relationships on file.
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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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
$205K
CLEVELAND CLINIC
$186K
ANALYSIS
$173K
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
$116K
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
$104K
MOTLEY RICE
$82K
GOOGLE
$80K
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
$79K
MICROSOFT
$73K
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL
$71K
APPLE
$69K
OVERDRIVE
$61K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$60K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$59K
CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL
$53K
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN BERNSTEIN LLP
$52K
EMORY UNIVERSITY
$51K
JONES DAY
$50K
ANALYSIS
$50K
CHAVEZ PROPERTIES
$50K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Sherrod Brown comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$142.12M
Disclosed outside spending
$59.74M
Dark-money outside spending
$82.37M
Share that is dark money
57.96%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$4.47M
Groups hiding their donors
22
By funding network
SLF PAC
$190.31M
JEFFERSON RISING
$20.14M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$16.62M
DEMOCRACY PAC
$14.28M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$10.36M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$10.06M
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$4.88M
CFFE PAC
$4.36M
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$2.86M
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$2.74M
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$2.23M
NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTION
$2.23M
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1.91M
DUTY AND COUNTRY
$1.68M
OHIO FLYER PAC
$1.32M
Groups that hide their donors
$63.68M
$2.76M
$2.33M
$1.58M
$1.24M
$840K
$336K
$236K
2 smaller groups under $500
$448
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.
CLIMATE EMERGENCY ADVOCATES
$10K
ANGIE CRAIG FOR CONGRESS
$140K
MILLER-MEEKS FOR CONGRESS
$133K
DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESS
$82K
RICHARD E NEAL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
$81K
KUSTER FOR CONGRESS
$62K
MAGGIE FOR NH
$61K
MARC VEASEY CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
$60K
FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD
$57K
DEEPAK NATH
$55K
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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.
182 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $247K to Sherrod Brown across 265 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$247K
Shared contributors
182
Contributions
265
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 182 | 265 | $247K |
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Revolving Door
15 former staff members
who worked for Sherrod Brown or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAYSON BRAUDE | Office of Congresswoman Barragan, District Director; Office of Congresswoman Hah… | KILEY & ASSOCIATES | 28 | 209 | 2023–2025 |
| VINCENT SARUBBI | Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director, Rep. Josh Gottheimer; Legis. Ass… | DLA PIPER LLP (US) | 17 | 18 | 2025–2025 |
| COURTNEY MILLER | Legislative Director, Office of Rep. Shontel Brown, 02/2023-06/2023; Policy Advi… | THE FERGUSON GROUP, LLC | 10 | 37 | 2024–2025 |
| MICHAEL GAFFIN | Leg. Director, Sen. Sherrod Brown; Leg. Director, Rep. Rob Andrews; Leg. Asst., … | THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC | 8 | 10 | 2023–2025 |
| JOHN BRENNAN | Chief of Staff, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT); Director, Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH); L… | BLUEBIRD STRATEGIES | 5 | 5 | 2023–2024 |
| RACHEL MOTLEY | Intern, Office of Senator Sherrod Brown | THE RABEN GROUP | 5 | 16 | 2023–2025 |
| JAYSON BRAUDE | Office of Congresswoman Barragan, District Director; Office of Congresswoman Hah… | ROJAS PUBLIC AFFAIRS | 5 | 19 | 2024–2024 |
| JAMES HEIMBACH | Special Asst. to the President for Leg. Affairs (2009-2011); Chief of Staff, Sen… | TIBER CREEK GROUP | 4 | 4 | 2023–2023 |
| ROBERT CLARK | Senator Brown | PYXIS PARTNERS, LLC | 1 | 2 | 2023–2025 |
| VINCENT SARUBBI | Legislative Assistant, Senator Sherrod Brown (2019-2022); Senior Legislative Ass… | MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| JASMINE THEOBAL | Communications Intern - Rep. Adriano Espaillat - US House of Representative Jan … | COVISTA INC.(FKA ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION) | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| KEYARMIN HAMADANCHY | Counsel, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Sen. Tom Ha… | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| COLBY SHOLLER | Office of Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) - September 2011 - March 2012 Senate Homeland … | NESTLE USA | 1 | 11 | 2023–2025 |
| ALEX CATANESE | Intern - Office of U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings (FL) Intern - Office of U.… | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| OWEN CAINE | Intern, Sen. Ted Kennedy; Intern, Senate Homeland Security Committee, Sen. Scott… | NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Sherrod Brown is not scored: there is no usable voting record to rank against — either the vote and contribution records have not yet been matched to this member, or this is a non-voting delegate. This is the absence of a score, not a finding of low exposure.
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