Roger F. Wicker
Republican
· MS Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Armed Services (Chair) · Senate Committee on Commerce (Chair) · and Transportation (Chair) · Waste Management (Chair) · Environmental Justice (Chair) · and Regulatory Oversight (Chair) · Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe · Joint Committee on Printing · and Innovation · and Fisheries · and Broadband · and the Internet · Product Safety · and Data Security · and Consumer Protection · Climate Change · and Manufacturing · and Weather · and Safety · and Ports · and Export Promotion · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · and Nuclear Innovation and Safety · and Nuclear Safety · and Wildlife · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
75.5
Highly 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
7.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$842,426
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$43,820
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.5
/ 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
12.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.9
/ 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
7.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$48,612 direct
NORPAC
$27,100 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5,005 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $63.87M 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 — $128K.
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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 | 64.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 54.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 42.5 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 75.5 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
Total money from this network
$519,960
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$48,612
Total from all networks
$3,178,055
Networks contributing
568
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Who funds Wicker
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
94.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
92.8%
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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
16
Money that arrived near votes
$28K
Distinct donors
23
Distinct employers
7
Share of their total fundraising
0.41%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ENERGY TRANSFER
$7K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$3K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$3K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$2K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$2K
A K RAILROAD
$2K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$1K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$1K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$1K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
EDISON CHOUEST OFFSHORE
$162K
GRANITE TELECOM
$152K
JMA WIRELESS
$87K
HOMEMAKER
$82K
SOUTHERN TIRE MART
$75K
GRANITE TELECOM
$63K
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$60K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$55K
GOLDING BARGE LINE
$50K
ERGON
$50K
EDISON CHOUEST OFFSHORE
$42K
CM12
$36K
HORNE
$32K
CLAW FORESTRY SERVICES
$30K
YATES CONSTRUCTION
$28K
G S
$27K
WAX
$26K
LEIDOS
$26K
BARBOUR HURST
$25K
SANDERSON FARMS
$25K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Roger F. Wicker comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$693K
CONSERVATIVE LEADERS OF AMERICA
$122K
REMEMBER MISSISSIPPI
$109K
KENTUCKY FIRST PAC
$44K
COMMON SENSE FOR AMERICA PAC
$27K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$9K
MISSISSIPPI VICTORY FUND
$2K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC.
$58
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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.
17 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $490K to Roger F. Wicker across 18 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$490K
Shared contributors
17
Contributions
18
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17 | 18 | $490K |
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Roger F. Wicker'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