Tony Wied
Republican
· WI-8 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Poultry · House Committee on Small Business · and Workforce Development · and Supply Chains · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Influence Score
39.9
Least exposed
↑ +6.8
vs 118th (33.1)
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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
1.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,522
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$693,189
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
10.1
/ 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
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
9.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $26.56M 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 — $53K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 33.1 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 39.9 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$20,000
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
$25,000
Total from all networks
$726,600
Networks contributing
192
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Who funds Wied
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
0.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
75.0%
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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
$3.79M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$2.30M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$1.28M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.19M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.16M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.05M
UP RAILROAD
$984K
BNSF RAILWAY
$958K
HOMEMAKER
$923K
HOME DEPOT U S A
$861K
UNITED AIRLINES
$850K
LEIDOS
$832K
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES
$798K
CSX
$655K
BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
$592K
DIRECT SUPPLY
$573K
AT T SERVICES
$561K
MARTIN MARIETTA
$549K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Tony Wied comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$699K
Disclosed outside spending
$695K
Dark-money outside spending
$4K
Share that is dark money
0.59%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$4K
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
SPEAK FREE OR DIE PAC
$693K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$4K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1K
Groups that hide their donors
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
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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.
4 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $6K to Tony Wied across 4 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$6K
Shared contributors
4
Contributions
4
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | $3K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $2K |
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Tony Wied 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