Sarah Elfreth
Democrat
· MD-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries
Influence Score
57.5
Moderately 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
1.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,360,128
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$3,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.03M 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 — $62K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
Total money from this network
$6,269,566
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
DEFEND THE VOTE
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$15,000
Total from all networks
$610,492
Networks contributing
164
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Who funds Elfreth
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,642,986
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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
96.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
96.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
NEA
$27.85M
NEA
$7.06M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
THE MARCUS
$3.00M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
BOEING
$2.05M
SABAN CAPITAL
$2.01M
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$2.00M
GREENSKY
$2.00M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.55M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.53M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.48M
EY
$1.44M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Sarah Elfreth comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$4.18M
BATTLEGROUND DEMOCRATS
$175K
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$3K
DMFI PAC
$2K
ALLIANCE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
$9
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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.
466 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $765K to Sarah Elfreth across 499 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$765K
Shared contributors
466
Contributions
499
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 456 | 485 | $728K |
| 2026 | 11 | 14 | $37K |
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Sarah Elfreth 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