Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Democrat
· WA-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies
Influence Score
66.0
Moderately exposed
↑ +7.1
vs 118th (59.0)
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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
7.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,262,639
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$4,466,661
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
2.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.2
/ 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
9.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$19,995 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$6,000 direct
NORPAC
$2,800 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $133.27M 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 — $267K.
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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 | 59.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 66.1 | 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
$2,686,046
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
TOGETHER FOR WORKING PEOPLE
Share from this one network
5.0%
Amount from this network
$110,000
Total from all networks
$2,202,380
Networks contributing
391
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Who funds Perez
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,572,714
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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
17.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
1.0%
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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
116
Money that arrived near votes
$338K
Distinct donors
153
Distinct employers
79
Share of their total fundraising
3.42%
Biggest clusters of timed money
NIERENBERG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPA
$12K
CENTERVIEW
$9K
BAIN CAPITAL
$7K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$7K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$7K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$7K
BLOOMBERG
$7K
CHIEFTAIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
D E SHAW RESEARCH
$7K
DECHERT LLP
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$238.52M
BLOOMBERG
$13.23M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
QUADRIVIUM
$5.98M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.51M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$3.90M
SIMONS
$3.80M
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
$3.36M
GREYLOCK
$3.26M
HEISING-SIMONS
$3.20M
STATE OF ILLINOIS
$3.14M
BALLMER
$3.04M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.03M
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$2.96M
RIOT GAMES
$2.76M
BAIN CAPITAL
$2.73M
BERKSHIRE
$2.63M
FOUNDER
$2.51M
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$2.49M
HOMEMAKER
$2.39M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Marie Gluesenkamp Perez comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$6.72M
Disclosed outside spending
$6.66M
Dark-money outside spending
$61K
Share that is dark money
0.91%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$36K
Groups hiding their donors
5
By funding network
NRCC
$4.14M
PROJECT 218
$1.33M
WELCOMEPAC
$387K
TOGETHER FOR PROGRESS
$355K
AMERICA PAC
$321K
TOGETHER FOR WORKING PEOPLE
$55K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$42K
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$25K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$21K
FUSE WASHINGTON
$18K
WORKING AMERICA
$18K
TEAM [TEAMSTERS EDUCATION AND MOBILIZATION]
$10K
NEW LEADERS 2024
$4K
PACIFIC NORTHWEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$4K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$2K
Groups that hide their donors
$25K
$18K
$17K
$1K
2 smaller groups under $500
$405
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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.
177 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $312K to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez across 292 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$312K
Shared contributors
177
Contributions
292
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27 | 36 | $27K |
| 2024 | 126 | 175 | $195K |
| 2026 | 57 | 81 | $90K |
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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 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