Ayanna Pressley
Democrat
· MA-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · Financial Technology · and Artificial Intelligence · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Influence Score
35.1
Least exposed
↑ +2.7
vs 118th (32.8)
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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
0.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$7,480
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$139,252
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.4
/ 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
9.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.3
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $19.93M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $40K.
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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 | 34.8 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 47.0 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 32.8 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 35.5 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$16,000
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
9.4%
Amount from this network
$25,000
Total from all networks
$266,842
Networks contributing
51
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Who funds Pressley
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
0.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
97.6%
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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
6
Money that arrived near votes
$13K
Distinct donors
7
Distinct employers
5
Share of their total fundraising
1.17%
Biggest clusters of timed money
HINCKLEY ALLEN SNYDER LLP
$4K
EASTERN BANK
$3K
SCHOONER CAPITAL
$3K
EASTERN BANK
$1K
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE
$1K
ONE UNITED BANK
$1K
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
$500
ROMAN LAW OFFICES
$500
ROMAN LAW OFFICES
$500
SKADDEN
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLOOMBERG
$1.02M
ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP
$1.00M
AFSCME INT L
$590K
AFSCME INT L
$564K
GIVE LIVELY
$505K
ARREVA
$500K
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
$500K
STATE ELECTRIC SECTOR ADVOCACY
$475K
OMAHA FIRE DEPT
$465K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$449K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$446K
OMAHA FIRE DEPT
$441K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$347K
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
$329K
MERITAGE
$328K
AFSCME INT L
$315K
GELMAN GIVING
$301K
MADART
$296K
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
$284K
TAO CAPITAL
$250K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ayanna Pressley comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$147K
Disclosed outside spending
$139K
Dark-money outside spending
$7K
Share that is dark money
5.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$7K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC
$64K
HONORING AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PAC
$64K
INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC.
$42K
32BJ UNITED AMERICAN DREAM FUND
$37K
SUPERMAJORITY PAC
$23K
I.B.E.W. LOCAL 103 FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14K
CHINESE PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL ACTION INC.
$14K
ALABAMA CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES (ACC)
$12K
ILLINOIS FUTURE PAC
$10K
SLF PAC
$4K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$649
UNITED WE DREAM ACTION PAC
$515
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$126
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
Groups that hide their donors
3 smaller groups under $500
$695
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.
ANNIE MAHON
$330K
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
$75K
LISETTE NIEVES
$15K
JASON BELL
$5K
SANDRA LI
$5K
DAVID SWITZER
$4K
RICHARD PETERSON
$2K
PETER BRADSHAW
$2K
EVE SANDBERG
$2K
LAUREN KEENAN
$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.
8 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $13K to Ayanna Pressley across 13 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$13K
Shared contributors
8
Contributions
13
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 9 | $11K |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | $2K |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | $800 |
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Ayanna Pressley 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