Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democrat
· NM-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on House Administration · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Public Lands · House Committee on Rules · Joint Committee on Printing
Influence Score
47.0
Least exposed
↓ -3.1
vs 118th (50.3)
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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
3.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$225,917
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9,099
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.3
/ 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
0.3
/ 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
5.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$4,010 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $12.25M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $24K.
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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 | 56.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 50.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 47.2 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
Total money from this network
$102,000
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
4.2%
Amount from this network
$45,000
Total from all networks
$1,062,410
Networks contributing
204
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Who funds Fernandez
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
4.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
1.5%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLOOMBERG
$23.28M
NEWSWEB
$16.30M
FTX
$7.40M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.51M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$3.11M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
GREYLOCK
$2.59M
BAIN CAPITAL
$1.62M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.38M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.30M
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$1.22M
USPS
$1.17M
BALLMER
$1.07M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.06M
NETFLIX
$1.05M
MCARTHUR GLEN
$1.04M
T-MOBILE
$1.02M
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
$1.02M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Teresa Leger Fernandez comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$246K
Disclosed outside spending
$205K
Dark-money outside spending
$41K
Share that is dark money
16.67%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$41K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$465K
WOMEN VOTE
$345K
AMERICA UNITED
$178K
SOMO'S ACCION
$40K
LATINO VICTORY FUND
$17K
NEW MEXICANS FOR PROSPERITY
$9K
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC
$5K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$1K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$900
PROGRESSNOW NEW MEXICO
$416
LCV VICTORY FUND
$164
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$30
Groups that hide their donors
$40K
3 smaller groups under $500
$588
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.
61 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $89K to Teresa Leger Fernandez across 102 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$89K
Shared contributors
61
Contributions
102
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29 | 48 | $40K |
| 2024 | 32 | 38 | $32K |
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | $18K |
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Teresa Leger Fernandez ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
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