Michael Baumgartner
Republican
· WA-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Pensions · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet · Regulatory Reform · and Antitrust
Influence Score
48.7
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
1.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$82,772
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
5.8
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,494 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$8,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $41.04M 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 — $82K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$16,500
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.
Share from this one network
3.4%
Amount from this network
$19,000
Total from all networks
$563,994
Networks contributing
153
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Who funds Baumgartner
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
1.50×
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
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
CITADEL
$3.05M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$2.26M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
BOEING
$2.05M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$1.52M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.36M
MICROSOFT
$1.22M
STEPHENS
$1.07M
T-MOBILE
$1.02M
UP RAILROAD
$984K
BNSF RAILWAY
$958K
HOMEMAKER
$876K
CENTENE
$805K
DELTA AIR LINES
$800K
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES
$794K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$617K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Michael Baumgartner comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.
$83K
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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.
41 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $203K to Michael Baumgartner across 64 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$203K
Shared contributors
41
Contributions
64
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17 | 23 | $78K |
| 2026 | 34 | 41 | $125K |
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Michael Baumgartner 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