Adam Smith
Democrat
· WA-9 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services (Chair)
Influence Score
59.9
Moderately exposed
↓ -7.1
vs 118th (66.8)
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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
4.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$6,538
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
3.7
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.4
/ 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
12.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$47,694 direct
JSTREETPAC
$10,450 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $23.48M 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 — $47K.
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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 | 62.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 60.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 66.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 59.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$60,000
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
2.7%
Amount from this network
$49,794
Total from all networks
$1,857,116
Networks contributing
208
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Who funds Smith
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
2.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
90.5%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
2
Money that arrived near votes
$4K
Distinct donors
2
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
0.32%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
$3K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$1K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.60M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.45M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
EY
$3.01M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
SCHUSTERMAN INTERESTS
$2.50M
HARRIS
$2.32M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
HARRIS
$2.03M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Adam Smith comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7K
Disclosed outside spending
$6K
Dark-money outside spending
$485
Share that is dark money
7.43%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$477
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$6K
FUSE WASHINGTON
$1K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
TOGETHER FOR PROGRESS
$562
DEMOCRACY PAC
$191
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$485
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.
198 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $410K to Adam Smith across 259 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$410K
Shared contributors
198
Contributions
259
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41 | 46 | $117K |
| 2024 | 156 | 195 | $264K |
| 2026 | 17 | 18 | $30K |
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Revolving Door
10 former staff members
who worked for Adam Smith or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYAN MULVENON | Policy Advisor- Senator Harry Reid; Policy Advisor- Senate Democratic Policy Com… | CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. | 16 | 17 | 2023–2025 |
| JOHN MULLIGAN | Legislative Director and Chief of Staff, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) | MONUMENT ADVOCACY | 15 | 19 | 2023–2025 |
| CATHERINE FINLEY | Staff Director, Senate Special Aging Committee; Senior Health Policy Advisor, Se… | THORN RUN PARTNERS | 12 | 119 | 2023–2025 |
| JEFF BJORNSTAD | Chief of Staff Senator Murray, Chief of Staff Rep. Rick Larsen, Chief of Staff R… | WASHINGTON2 ADVOCATES | 7 | 80 | 2023–2025 |
| JEFFREY SHAPIRO | Chief of Staff, Rep. Adrian Smith (2007-2012); Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep… | TIBER CREEK GROUP | 7 | 8 | 2023–2025 |
| ROBERT EPPLIN | LD Sen. Collins; LA Sen. Smith; Analyst, OMB Budget Review Division; Prof Staff,… | EPPLIN STRATEGIC PLANNING | 4 | 26 | 2023–2025 |
| ROBERT EPPLIN | LD Sen. Collins; LA Sen. Smith; Analyst, OMB Budget Review Division; Prof Staff,… | KED STRATEGIES, LLC | 4 | 34 | 2023–2025 |
| MINH NGUYEN | Intern, Office of Congressman Adam Smith | THE RABEN GROUP | 3 | 20 | 2023–2025 |
| MONICA DIDIUK | 2013-2024: Chief of Staff, Rep. Adrian Smith (NE) 2007-2012: Legislative Directo… | ENTERGY SERVICES, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| KAREN DE LOS SANTOS | Chief of Staff, Office of Management and Budget; Associate Director, Office of M… | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Adam Smith 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