John Fetterman
Democrat
· PA Senate · 119th Congress
Federal Workforce (Chair) · and Regulatory Affairs (Chair) · Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe · Senate Committee on Agriculture · and Forestry · Risk Management · and Trade · Specialty Crops · and Research · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Innovation · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Influence Score
60.6
Moderately exposed
↓ -13.7
vs 118th (74.3)
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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
2.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$68,436,968
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$172,827,569
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.3
/ 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
11.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
NORPAC
$11,250 direct
JSTREETPAC
$131 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $33.90M 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 — $68K.
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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 | 74.3 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.6 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DEMOCRACY PAC
Total money from this network
$32,466,018
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
DSCC PA WI VICTORY 2022
Share from this one network
4.7%
Amount from this network
$41,400
Total from all networks
$876,411
Networks contributing
173
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Who funds Fetterman
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$68,868,157
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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
11.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
10.6%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
TYSON FOODS
$250
UPS
$200
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY
$125
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY
$100
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY
$100
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$27
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$27
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$27
BOEING
$25
LEIDOS
$25
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
GOOGLE
$138K
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
$89K
UPMC
$74K
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
$70K
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
$59K
APPLE
$39K
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
$30K
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
$30K
AMAZON
$29K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$27K
WILMERHALE
$27K
MICROSOFT
$27K
LYNCH CARPENTER LLP
$27K
ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN AND DOWD LLP
$24K
BLANK ROME LLP
$24K
COZEN O CONNOR
$23K
IBM
$23K
COMCAST
$23K
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
$23K
MORGAN LEWIS
$21K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against John Fetterman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$119.95M
Disclosed outside spending
$57.33M
Dark-money outside spending
$62.62M
Share that is dark money
52.20%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$7.17M
Groups hiding their donors
36
By funding network
SLF PAC
$112.27M
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ACTION
$28.85M
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$16.48M
SMP
$8.56M
NRSC
$6.93M
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN INC.
$6.83M
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$6.48M
CFFE PAC
$6.37M
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
$5.40M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$4.14M
FF PAC
$4.05M
RJC VICTORY FUND
$3.61M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$3.27M
OUR AMERICAN CENTURY
$3.01M
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$2.03M
Groups that hide their donors
$47.56M
$4.00M
$2.74M
$2.07M
$1.01M
$784K
$428K
4 smaller groups under $500
$941
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
DENIS OLEARY
$6K
ALLYSON Y HON SCHWARTZ
$3K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
UNITEMIZED UNITEMIZED
$1.31M
PAUL SCHILLING
$600K
FALCON
$600K
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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.
415 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $536K to John Fetterman across 688 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$536K
Shared contributors
415
Contributions
688
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 357 | 576 | $335K |
| 2024 | 40 | 75 | $98K |
| 2026 | 27 | 37 | $103K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for John Fetterman or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARRIE ADAMS | Communications Director & Senior Advisor, Sen. Fetterman, Deputy Digital Directo… | THE AI POLICY NETWORK INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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John Fetterman sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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