Ann Wagner
Republican
· MO-2 · 116th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · and Capital Markets · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · the Pacific · Central Asia · and Nonproliferation · the Environment · and Cyber · and the Environment · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
61.3
Moderately exposed
↑ +5.8
vs 118th (68.3)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$329,653
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$41,014
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
9.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.0
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $15.49M 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 — $31K.
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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 | 61.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 47.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 68.3 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 74.1 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$150,000
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
1.8%
Amount from this network
$75,000
Total from all networks
$4,269,934
Networks contributing
452
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Who funds Wagner
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,686,501
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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
84.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
26
Money that arrived near votes
$74K
Distinct donors
40
Distinct employers
14
Share of their total fundraising
3.69%
Biggest clusters of timed money
EDWARD JONES
$11K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
EDWARD JONES
$4K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$4K
CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
EDWARD JONES
$3K
EDWARD JONES
$3K
STEPHENS
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.61M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
EY
$3.01M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.65M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.24M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.04M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ann Wagner comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$208K
Disclosed outside spending
$208K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
DCCC
$2.44M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$2.03M
WOMEN VOTE
$883K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$234K
HEARTLAND RESURGENCE
$166K
HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA
$53K
SLF PAC
$41K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$37K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$25K
MISSOURI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FEDERAL PAC
$20K
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC
$15K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$10K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$2K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$2K
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC
$1K
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
211 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $462K to Ann Wagner across 258 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$462K
Shared contributors
211
Contributions
258
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19 | 33 | $206K |
| 2024 | 40 | 44 | $74K |
| 2026 | 166 | 181 | $182K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Ann Wagner or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTIAN MORGAN | Chief of Staff Congresswoman Ann Wagner | HB STRATEGIES | 5 | 34 | 2023–2025 |
| MICHAEL LOWRY | Chief of Staff, Representative Robert B. Aderholt; Chief of Staff, Representativ… | BACKSTOP STRATEGIES, LLC | 2 | 3 | 2025–2025 |
| CHRISTIAN MORGAN | Chief of Staff Rep. Wagner | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Ann Wagner 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