Eric Sorensen
Democrat
· IL-17 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Biotechnology · Risk Management · and Credit · House Committee on Armed Services
Influence Score
63.3
Moderately exposed
↑ +9.3
vs 118th (54.1)
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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
6.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,927,207
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,136,667
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 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
10.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.3
/ 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
4.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$19,992 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,957 direct
DMFI PAC
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $23.71M 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 — $47K.
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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 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 54.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.4 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$1,938,592
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
2.1%
Amount from this network
$48,500
Total from all networks
$2,361,909
Networks contributing
414
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Who funds Sorensen
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
0.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
38.1%
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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
1
Money that arrived near votes
$1K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.03%
Biggest clusters of timed money
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$1K
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$250
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$35
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$35
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$35
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$35
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$67.02M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$22.53M
NEWSWEB
$16.35M
BLOOMBERG
$13.60M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.70M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
REYES
$9.32M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.51M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.13M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$5.01M
ARVEST BANK
$5.00M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
$5.00M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Eric Sorensen comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$9.11M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.02M
Dark-money outside spending
$88K
Share that is dark money
0.96%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$843
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
SLF PAC
$5.93M
NRCC
$1.12M
FAIRSHAKE
$817K
314 ACTION FUND
$615K
DCCC
$187K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$162K
EQUALITY PAC
$145K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$87K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$936
LCV VICTORY FUND
$678
WORKING AMERICA
$165
USW WORKS
$110
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$34
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$9
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$165
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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.
183 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $313K to Eric Sorensen across 393 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$313K
Shared contributors
183
Contributions
393
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 63 | 109 | $69K |
| 2024 | 109 | 204 | $158K |
| 2026 | 56 | 80 | $86K |
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Eric Sorensen 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