Maria Cantwell
Democrat
· WA Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Commerce (Chair) · and Transportation (Chair) · Natural Resources (Chair) · and Infrastructure (Chair) · Joint Committee on Taxation · and Innovation · and Fisheries · and Broadband · and the Internet · Product Safety · and Data Security · and Data Privacy · and Consumer Protection · Climate Change · and Manufacturing · and Competitiveness · and Weather · and Safety · and Ports · and Export Promotion · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · and Mining · Senate Committee on Finance · and Global Competitiveness · Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Influence Score
65.5
Moderately 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
0.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$13,694
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
8.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.5
/ 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
13.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.4
/ 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
7.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$1,525 direct
CITYPAC
$1,000 direct
JSTREETPAC
$280 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $106.23M 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 — $212K.
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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 | 90.3 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 48.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 65.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$17,862
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
4.7%
Amount from this network
$7,500
Total from all networks
$161,309
Networks contributing
58
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Who funds Cantwell
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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
82.4%
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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
46
Money that arrived near votes
$153K
Distinct donors
79
Distinct employers
32
Share of their total fundraising
1.26%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FEDEX
$17K
UNITED AIRLINES
$13K
A16Z
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
CENTERVIEW
$7K
CONTINENTAL FIDELITY
$7K
TREMONT ASSET MANAGEMENT
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$6K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
T-MOBILE
$99K
MICROSOFT
$95K
AMAZON
$54K
ROYAL CARIBBEAN
$52K
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
$47K
DELTA AIR LINES
$44K
UNITED AIRLINES
$44K
AT T
$43K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK LLP
$34K
META PLATFORMS
$33K
WNC ASSOCIATES
$32K
SANA BIOTECHNOLOGY
$29K
NEXTERA ENERGY
$28K
K L GATES LLP
$27K
SALTCHUK
$27K
WILLIAMS HART BOUNDAS LAW FIRM
$26K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$24K
INTEL
$23K
GOOGLE
$21K
FEDEX
$20K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Maria Cantwell comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$10K
Disclosed outside spending
$10K
Dark-money outside spending
$224
Share that is dark money
2.28%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$224
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$45K
TOGETHER FOR PROGRESS
$8K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$6K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$226
DEMOCRACY PAC
$72
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$38
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$224
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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.
240 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $521K to Maria Cantwell across 284 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$521K
Shared contributors
240
Contributions
284
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 16 | $31K |
| 2024 | 222 | 258 | $324K |
| 2026 | 6 | 10 | $166K |
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Maria Cantwell 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