Maxine Dexter
Democrat
· OR-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
48.0
Least 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
1.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,212,989
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,500
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.5
/ 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
10.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.2
/ 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
8.6
/ 12
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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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
314 ACTION FUND
Total money from this network
$2,222,743
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
3.5%
Amount from this network
$17,000
Total from all networks
$491,067
Networks contributing
114
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Who funds Dexter
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
BNSF RAILWAY
$958K
GENERAL MOTORS
$907K
UNITED AIRLINES
$864K
COZEN O CONNOR
$827K
CENTENE
$806K
FORD MOTOR
$632K
AFSCME INT L
$564K
BLOOMBERG
$506K
REDSEAL
$500K
STATE ELECTRIC SECTOR ADVOCACY
$475K
OMAHA FIRE DEPT
$465K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$449K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$446K
GOOGLE
$441K
FLORIDA POWER LIGHT
$404K
DELTA AIR LINES
$389K
JANE STREET
$381K
SELECT MEDICAL
$358K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Maxine Dexter comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
314 ACTION FUND
$2.21M
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$2K
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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.
505 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $883K to Maxine Dexter across 542 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$883K
Shared contributors
505
Contributions
542
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 504 | 534 | $875K |
| 2026 | 3 | 8 | $8K |
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Maxine Dexter ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
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