Betty Mccollum
Democrat
· MN-4 · 119th Congress
and Related Agencies (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · House Committee on Natural Resources
Influence Score
60.4
Moderately exposed
↓ -8.2
vs 118th (69.0)
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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
7.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$323,266
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
2.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.6
/ 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
12.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $134.06M 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 — $268K.
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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 | 58.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 65.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 69.0 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.8 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$70,000
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
1.9%
Amount from this network
$35,000
Total from all networks
$1,815,033
Networks contributing
225
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Who funds Mccollum
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
92.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.6%
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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
15
Money that arrived near votes
$30K
Distinct donors
16
Distinct employers
13
Share of their total fundraising
2.12%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ASTRANIS SPACE TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
INNOVATIVE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
INNOVATIVE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
UNITEDHEALTH
$3K
PRESAGE TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES
$2K
EVERCORE
$2K
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
$2K
SR ONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$2K
HOLLAND AND KNIGHT LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.41M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.61M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.45M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.15M
GENERAL MOTORS
$3.03M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.98M
CHARTER
$2.64M
HARRIS
$2.32M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.04M
HARRIS
$2.04M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.02M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Betty Mccollum comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$323K
Disclosed outside spending
$306K
Dark-money outside spending
$18K
Share that is dark money
5.49%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$3K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
COMMON GOOD FUND
$298K
IOWA VALUES
$16K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MINNESOTA POLITICAL ACTION FUND
$14K
CARE ACTION
$8K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$7K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$6K
AFSCME COUNCIL 5
$1K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$526
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$489
MINNESOTA AFL-CIO
$132
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$131
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$140
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
3 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $43K to Betty Mccollum across 14 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$43K
Shared contributors
3
Contributions
14
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | $9K |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | $13K |
| 2026 | 2 | 6 | $21K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Betty Mccollum or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAADE WALLACE | Legislative Correspondent, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar; Staff Assistant, U.S. Rep… | FEDERAL STREET STRATEGIES, LLC | 21 | 121 | 2024–2025 |
| CARLYLE THORSEN | General Counsel & AA, Rep. Tom DeLay; Deputy Asst. Attorney General, Dept. of Ju… | RADIUS ADVOCACY, LLC | 11 | 90 | 2023–2025 |
| JOHN ARIALE | Chief of Staff Congressman McCollum & Crenshaw | HB STRATEGIES | 3 | 18 | 2023–2024 |
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Betty Mccollum 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