Seth Magaziner
Democrat
· RI-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Homeland Security · House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries
Influence Score
54.6
Moderately exposed
↓ -0.8
vs 118th (55.4)
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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
2.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$702,999
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$4,897,498
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.8
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.4
/ 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
11.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.5
/ 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
4.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,994 direct
JSTREETPAC
$2,500 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $18.47M 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 — $37K.
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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 | 55.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 54.6 | 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
$983,894
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
2.9%
Amount from this network
$49,400
Total from all networks
$1,709,232
Networks contributing
296
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Who funds Magaziner
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,559,340
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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
7.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
27.5%
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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
3
Money that arrived near votes
$5K
Distinct donors
3
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.35%
Biggest clusters of timed money
C B UTILITY
$2K
C B UTILITY
$2K
C B UTILITY
$1K
WALCO ELECTRIC
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLOOMBERG
$30.42M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.31M
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
$6.52M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.15M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
HOMEMAKER
$3.92M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
MOUNTAIRE
$3.58M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.17M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$3.13M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Seth Magaziner comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$5.63M
Disclosed outside spending
$5.22M
Dark-money outside spending
$406K
Share that is dark money
7.22%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$399K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
SLF PAC
$3.61M
NRCC
$1.17M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$399K
GMI PAC, INC.
$163K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$132K
OCEAN STATE FORWARD
$102K
CONSERVATIVE ACTION COUNCIL INC
$18K
32BJ UNITED AMERICAN DREAM FUND
$7K
DMFI PAC
$1K
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$336
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$168
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
Groups that hide their donors
$399K
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.
MICHAEL DUFFY
$23K
JON KAIMAN FOR CONGRESS
$15K
CT WORKING FAMILIES FEDERAL PAC
$15K
GILLEN FOR CONGRESS
$15K
ROBERT HILL
$13K
LUIS RAMOS
$12K
MICHAEL DUFFY
$10K
MICHAEL P DUFFY
$10K
MARYANNE HOHENSTEIN
$10K
AMY SUGIMORI
$9K
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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.
79 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $343K to Seth Magaziner across 107 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$343K
Shared contributors
79
Contributions
107
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31 | 41 | $44K |
| 2024 | 50 | 61 | $287K |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 | $12K |
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Seth Magaziner 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