Ron Wyden
Democrat
· OR Senate · 119th Congress
and Mining (Chair) · Senate Committee on Finance (Chair) · Joint Committee on Taxation · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Natural Resources · and Infrastructure · and Global Competitiveness · and Family Policy · Senate Committee on the Budget · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
87.5
Most 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
8.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$215,073
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.1
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.4
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $215.84M 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 — $432K.
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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 | 66.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 74.8 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 58.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 87.5 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
GMI PAC, INC.
Total money from this network
$161,250
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.
Share from this one network
1.0%
Amount from this network
$33,000
Total from all networks
$3,229,581
Networks contributing
622
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Who funds Wyden
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
99.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
12
Money that arrived near votes
$17K
Distinct donors
14
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
0.90%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$3K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$3K
M FINANCIAL
$2K
ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES
$1K
JENNER BLOCK LLP
$1K
JKJ FINANCIAL SERVICES
$1K
M FINANCIAL
$1K
MORRISON COHEN LLP
$1K
MULLIN BARENS SANFORD FINANCIAL
$1K
PILLAR INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE ADVISOR
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
NIKE
$196K
INTEL
$104K
MULTICOIN CAPITAL
$70K
LAZARD
$44K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$39K
COWEN
$36K
GRAIL
$35K
SYNERGI
$35K
AXXESS
$33K
CENTENE
$32K
DIGITAL VISION
$31K
PROVIDENCE
$31K
MEDICALLY HOME
$29K
GENE TOOLS
$28K
GLOBAL
$27K
HARSCH INVESTMENT PROPERTIES
$27K
CHUBB
$26K
METRO WEST AMBULANCE
$25K
MCS
$24K
FREEDOM ROAD
$23K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ron Wyden comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
GMI PAC, INC.
$215K
PARTY_C00813238
$63
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
177 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.24M to Ron Wyden across 217 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.24M
Shared contributors
177
Contributions
217
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 174 | 209 | $665K |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 | $572K |
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Ron Wyden 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