David Schweikert
Republican
· AZ-1 · 117th Congress
Influence Score
68.9
Highly exposed
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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
3.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,353,915
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$12,193,859
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.2
/ 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
11.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.9
/ 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
8.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$2,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $56.97M 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 — $114K.
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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 | 61.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 68.9 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 68.0 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 17.9 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Schweikert
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$11,208,419
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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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
31
Money that arrived near votes
$107K
Distinct donors
43
Distinct employers
24
Share of their total fundraising
2.95%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CREST INSURANCE
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$7K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$7K
JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
PAYROLL INSURANCE
$7K
PRESCOTT INVESTORS
$7K
THE GRAY INSURANCE
$4K
EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$4K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ULINE
$34.01M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$23.18M
SIG
$20.01M
FTX DIGITAL MARKETS
$17.05M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.00M
EMC
$15.53M
BLOOMBERG
$13.56M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$11.00M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.66M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.33M
REYES
$9.16M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.13M
HOMEMAKER
$7.81M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against David Schweikert comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$15.41M
Disclosed outside spending
$14.35M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.06M
Share that is dark money
6.88%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$242
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$9.85M
DCCC
$5.74M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.06M
314 ACTION FUND
$724K
SLF PAC
$687K
AMERICAN DREAM FEDERAL ACTION
$500K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$370K
EDF ACTION VOTES
$334K
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC
$268K
TURNOUT IE PAC
$260K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$248K
WOMEN VOTE
$194K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$104K
GOA VICTORY FUND
$84K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$51K
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$250
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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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.
130 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $985K to David Schweikert across 196 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$985K
Shared contributors
130
Contributions
196
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | 36 | $223K |
| 2024 | 75 | 96 | $345K |
| 2026 | 44 | 64 | $417K |
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Revolving Door
6 former staff members
who worked for David Schweikert or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES MICHAELS | Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative … | CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC | 27 | 28 | 2025–2025 |
| ZACHARY LAVEN | Staff Assistant / Legislative Correspondent / Legislative Aide / Legislative Ass… | FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 22 | 163 | 2023–2025 |
| KATHERINA DIMENSTEIN | Legislative Assistant for Senator Joni Ernst - March 2016 to January 2017 Legisl… | GENERAL ATOMICS | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| SASHA HERNANDEZ | Staff Assistant / Legislative Correspondent / Legislative Aide / Legislative Ass… | FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 1 | 1 | 2023–2025 |
| JENELL BIGGS SMOLOVA | Senate Ag Committee, Minority and Rep. Schweikert | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | 1 | 1 | 2023–2025 |
| CHARLES MATHEWS | Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative … | CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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David Schweikert's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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