Elissa Slotkin
Democrat
· MI-7 · 116th Congress
Influence Score
73.0
Highly 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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$11,425,500
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$11,538,939
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.1
/ 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
9.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
CALIFORNIA JEWISH DEMOCRATS-FED
$250 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $41.69M 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 — $83K.
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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 | 73.0 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 72.3 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 67.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 64.0 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Slotkin
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$32,535,352
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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
1.00×
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
BLOOMBERG
$31.44M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.40M
BLOOMBERG
$13.02M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$11.10M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.69M
REYES
$9.33M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.52M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.14M
MOUNTAIRE
$5.58M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
FAHR
$5.09M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
HOMEMAKER
$4.87M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$3.84M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Elissa Slotkin comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$13.40M
Disclosed outside spending
$13.18M
Dark-money outside spending
$217K
Share that is dark money
1.62%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$140K
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
NRCC
$9.81M
SLF PAC
$6.01M
INDEPENDENCE USA PAC
$2.47M
AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.
$1.40M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$1.19M
VOTEVETS
$1.09M
SHIELD PAC
$776K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$500K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)
$288K
WOMEN VOTE
$278K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$188K
DEFEND US PAC
$181K
AMERICAS PAC
$158K
WIN JUSTICE
$158K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$73K
Groups that hide their donors
$73K
$66K
$935
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$84K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$83K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$82K
BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO
$26K
PAUL DOOLEY
$17K
CYNTHIA SNELL
$6K
ROSLYN MEYER
$5K
DONALD HENLEY
$4K
WILIAM HANEY
$4K
CATHERINE ROMLEY
$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.
148 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.17M to Elissa Slotkin across 271 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.17M
Shared contributors
148
Contributions
271
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 145 | 264 | $244K |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 | $922K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Elissa Slotkin or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JULIETTE RHINOW | Intern, Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin | PENN HILL GROUP | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Elissa Slotkin's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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