Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat
· PA-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on House Administration · House Committee on Rules · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Administrative Law · Terrorism and Homeland Security · and Enforcement · Civil Rights · and Civil Liberties · House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
Influence Score
52.0
Moderately exposed
↓ -5.2
vs 118th (57.4)
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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
4.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$7,360
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$454
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.9
/ 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
12.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.0
/ 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
5.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$1,660 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $19.06M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $38K.
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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 | 60.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 57.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 52.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITE THE COUNTRY
Total money from this network
$40,000
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.
Network
UNITE THE COUNTRY
Share from this one network
2.4%
Amount from this network
$40,000
Total from all networks
$1,671,085
Networks contributing
229
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Who funds Scanlon
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$785,538
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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
0.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
36.0%
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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
7
Money that arrived near votes
$10K
Distinct donors
7
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
0.71%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BALLARD SPAHR LLP
$2K
DUANE MORRIS LLP
$2K
BALLARD SPAHR LLP
$1K
CONNOLLY GALLAGHER LLP
$1K
DECHERT LLP
$1K
HOGAN LOVELLS
$1K
MORGAN LEWIS BOCKIUS LLP
$1K
BALLARD SPAHR LLP
$500
BALLARD SPAHR LLP
$500
BALLARD SPAHR LLP
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
ELECTRICIANS LOCAL 98
$5.50M
BOEING
$4.41M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.84M
BOEING
$3.61M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.33M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.16M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.01M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.93M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
CHARTER
$2.51M
USPS
$2.08M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.06M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mary Gay Scanlon comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$49K
Disclosed outside spending
$48K
Dark-money outside spending
$422
Share that is dark money
0.87%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$30K
COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS
$11K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$10K
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$6K
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 98 COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION
$6K
DEMOCRATIC JEWISH OUTREACH PA
$4K
FEMINIST MAJORITY
$2K
BEND THE ARC JEWISH ACTION INC
$2K
JDCA PAC
$1K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PAC
$700
DEMOCRACY PAC
$650
JEWISH DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL OF AMERICA
$588
THE TURNOUT PROJECT
$555
PEOPLE POWER PENNSYLVANIA
$162
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$422
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.
71 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $421K to Mary Gay Scanlon across 160 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$421K
Shared contributors
71
Contributions
160
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31 | 46 | $108K |
| 2024 | 45 | 82 | $259K |
| 2026 | 21 | 32 | $54K |
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Mary Gay Scanlon 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