Andrea Salinas
Democrat
· OR-6 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · House Committee on Science · and Technology
Influence Score
63.4
Moderately exposed
↑ +8.8
vs 118th (54.7)
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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
8.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,518,651
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,268,637
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.8
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.2
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
9.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 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
5.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$26,442 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$7,003 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$3,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $25.57M 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 — $51K.
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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 | 54.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.5 | Moderately 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
$1,263,320
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.
Network
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
Share from this one network
2.1%
Amount from this network
$52,000
Total from all networks
$2,531,111
Networks contributing
445
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Who funds Salinas
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,943,792
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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
5.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
13.5%
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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
12
Money that arrived near votes
$24K
Distinct donors
16
Distinct employers
7
Share of their total fundraising
0.69%
Biggest clusters of timed money
TWILIO
$7K
ECLIPSE DATA TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
GOOGLE
$3K
DIGITAL VISION
$2K
PIONEER PUBLIC AFFAIRS
$2K
DIGITAL VISION
$1K
DIGITAL VISION
$1K
DIGITAL VISION
$1K
GOOGLE
$1K
GOOGLE
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FTX
$34.11M
BLOOMBERG
$30.18M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.30M
BLOOMBERG
$13.12M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.70M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
REYES
$9.21M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.52M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
EMC
$6.26M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.51M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
SIMONS
$3.80M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
MOUNTAIRE
$3.50M
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
$3.33M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Andrea Salinas comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$4.87M
Disclosed outside spending
$4.36M
Dark-money outside spending
$505K
Share that is dark money
10.37%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$504K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$1.48M
PROTECT OUR FUTURE PAC
$936K
SLF PAC
$870K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$488K
TAKE BACK OREGON PAC
$362K
DCCC
$333K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$159K
OREGONIANS FOR TRUTH AND ACCOUNTABILITY PAC
$101K
SAEF
$22K
WORKING AMERICA
$17K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$11K
LATINO VICTORY FUND
$7K
GET OUT THE VOTE PAC
$3K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$829
ACCION POLITICA PCUNISTA
$380
Groups that hide their donors
$487K
$17K
1 smaller group under $500
$380
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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.
173 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $357K to Andrea Salinas across 334 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$357K
Shared contributors
173
Contributions
334
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 58 | 93 | $65K |
| 2024 | 126 | 200 | $208K |
| 2026 | 31 | 41 | $84K |
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Andrea Salinas 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