Debbie Dingell
Democrat
· MI-6 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Public Lands · and Wildlife · Wildlife and Fisheries
Influence Score
57.6
Moderately exposed
↓ -2.3
vs 118th (59.8)
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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
5.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$12,738
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.5
/ 10
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
0.5
/ 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
11.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.2
/ 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
1.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$4,625 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $46.69M 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 — $93K.
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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 | 51.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 53.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 59.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 57.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
ITC HOLDINGS CORP. PAC (ITC PAC)
Total money from this network
$43,500
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
ITC HOLDINGS CORP. PAC (ITC PAC)
Share from this one network
1.9%
Amount from this network
$43,500
Total from all networks
$2,294,634
Networks contributing
341
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Who funds Dingell
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,003,812
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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
1.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.7%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
TIKTOK
$750
DUO SECURITY CISCO SYSTEMS
$500
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM
$500
CISCO
$250
ENVISION HEALTHCARE
$250
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
$50
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
$50
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
$50
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
$50
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL
$50
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.62M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
GENERAL MOTORS
$3.03M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.62M
CHARTER
$2.51M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
USPS
$2.03M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.01M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Debbie Dingell comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$21K
Disclosed outside spending
$20K
Dark-money outside spending
$608
Share that is dark money
2.92%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$600
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
MI PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES
$6K
SUPERMAJORITY PAC
$6K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$4K
ARAB AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$2K
WORKING AMERICA
$600
WORKING MICHIGAN (SUPERPAC)
$570
AFT SOLIDARITY
$500
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$416
DEMOCRACY PAC
$302
MICHIGAN PEOPLES CHOICE
$169
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$65
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$40
Groups that hide their donors
$600
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
31 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $45K to Debbie Dingell across 37 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$45K
Shared contributors
31
Contributions
37
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 17 | $22K |
| 2024 | 17 | 18 | $23K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $775 |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for Debbie Dingell or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREGORY SUNSTRUM | Chief of Staff , Rep. Debbie Dingell; Deputy Chief of Staff and Leg. Director, R… | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | 75 | 86 | 2023–2025 |
| DANIEL BLACK | Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell | LOT SIXTEEN LLC | 9 | 44 | 2024–2025 |
| KEVIN RAMBOSK | Office of Rep. Debbie Dingell (January 2015 - September 2023) Deputy Chief of St… | TESLA INC. | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| COURTNEY KNIGHT | Intern, Rep. Debbie Dingell; Professional Staff/Policy Analyst, Senate Committee… | WK KELLOGG CO. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Debbie Dingell 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