Marilyn Strickland
Democrat
· WA-10 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
58.7
Moderately exposed
↓ -5.1
vs 118th (63.6)
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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
4.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$6,097
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
4.7
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.3
/ 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
12.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.0
/ 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
5.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$32,547 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $32.99M 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 — $66K.
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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 | 47.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 63.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 58.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$50,644
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
1.8%
Amount from this network
$37,500
Total from all networks
$2,046,638
Networks contributing
328
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Who funds Strickland
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
2.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
90.8%
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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
ALASKA AIRLINES
$500
BOEING
$250
LEIDOS
$100
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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
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.61M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.46M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
EY
$3.01M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
HARRIS
$2.32M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.17M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Marilyn Strickland comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$6K
Disclosed outside spending
$6K
Dark-money outside spending
$54
Share that is dark money
0.89%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$54
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$214K
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION WORKING FAMILIES ADVOCACY PROJECT
$98K
UNITED WE CAN
$88K
ILLINOIS FUTURE PAC
$70K
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC
$47K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$35K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$5K
LGBTQ VICTORY FUND FEDERAL PAC
$5K
TOGETHER FOR PROGRESS
$562
LCV VICTORY FUND
$54
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$54
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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.
196 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $393K to Marilyn Strickland across 330 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$393K
Shared contributors
196
Contributions
330
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43 | 57 | $48K |
| 2024 | 107 | 148 | $187K |
| 2026 | 95 | 125 | $158K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Marilyn Strickland or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SARAH CURTIS | Chief of Staff, Rep. Manning; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Kennedy; Legislative D… | MODERNA, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Marilyn Strickland 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