Haley Stevens
Democrat
· MI-11 · 116th Congress
House Committee on Science (Chair) · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Pensions · House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Technology · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
73.3
Highly exposed
↑ +2.9
vs 118th (71.8)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$7,248,410
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,783,046
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 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
7.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.6
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.7
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $30.06M 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 — $60K.
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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 | 73.3 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 71.8 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 74.7 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
Total money from this network
$4,210,874
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$46,000
Total from all networks
$3,090,733
Networks contributing
455
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Who funds Stevens
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$16,782,358
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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
2.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
56.6%
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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
5
Money that arrived near votes
$6K
Distinct donors
6
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
0.37%
Biggest clusters of timed money
QUALCOMM
$2K
QUALCOMM
$1K
ROYAL TRUCK UTILITY TRAILER
$1K
UNIVERSITY OF DETROT MERCY
$1K
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
$1K
AMAZON
$500
BORREGO SOLAR
$500
DIGITAL POWWOW
$500
GOOGLE
$500
NEXT LEVEL DIGITAL
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLOOMBERG
$29.04M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.31M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.72M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.35M
REYES
$9.22M
FTX
$8.35M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.52M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.67M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Haley Stevens comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7.69M
Disclosed outside spending
$7.68M
Dark-money outside spending
$3K
Share that is dark money
0.04%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$3.87M
WOMEN VOTE
$2.85M
SLF PAC
$2.36M
INDEPENDENCE USA PAC
$2.22M
AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.
$891K
J STREET ACTION FUND
$708K
DCCC
$379K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$193K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$113K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$103K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$102K
MI PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES
$82K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$55K
WIN JUSTICE
$54K
NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND
$50K
Groups that hide their donors
$3K
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.
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.
710 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.90M to Haley Stevens across 902 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.90M
Shared contributors
710
Contributions
902
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 475 | 560 | $815K |
| 2024 | 89 | 114 | $498K |
| 2026 | 204 | 228 | $1.59M |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Haley Stevens or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUANE GIBSON | LA Sen. Stevens; Counsel Committee on Resources; Counsel/Staff Director Subcommi… | GOVBIZ ADVANTAGE, INC. | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
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Haley Stevens'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