Abigail Spanberger
Democrat
· VA-7 · 119th Congress
Influence Score
0.0
Not scored
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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
0.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9,862,220
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$6,000 direct
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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 Spanberger
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
No sponsor relationships on file.
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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
ULINE
$33.43M
BLOOMBERG
$31.95M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
SIG
$20.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.41M
BLOOMBERG
$13.11M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$11.20M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.69M
REYES
$9.33M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.52M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.21M
MOUNTAIRE
$6.08M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Abigail Spanberger comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$13.37M
Disclosed outside spending
$12.63M
Dark-money outside spending
$734K
Share that is dark money
5.49%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$229K
Groups hiding their donors
9
By funding network
SLF PAC
$8.38M
NRCC
$6.29M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$3.73M
CITIZENS FOR FREE ENTERPRISE
$1.49M
SHIELD PAC
$849K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$456K
CASA IN ACTION PAC
$428K
POLICE AND TROOPER SUPPORT PAC
$412K
VETERANS AID PAC
$405K
VOTEVETS.ORG ACTION FUND
$404K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$403K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$300K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$239K
DCCC
$223K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$204K
Groups that hide their donors
$404K
$118K
$112K
$29K
2 smaller groups under $500
$41
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.
M QUINN DELANEY
$165K
JANELLE BYNUM FOR CONGRESS
$68K
GEORGE WHITESIDES FOR CONGRESS
$49K
VINDMAN FOR CONGRESS
$38K
MCCLELLAN FOR CONGRESS
$14K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$127K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$92K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$83K
BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO
$48K
PAUL DOOLEY
$17K
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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.
136 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $304K to Abigail Spanberger across 206 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$304K
Shared contributors
136
Contributions
206
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 105 | 142 | $127K |
| 2024 | 52 | 64 | $176K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Abigail Spanberger or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSCOE JONES | Chief of Staff to Rep. Abigail Spanberger; Leg. Director to Sen. Dianne Feinstei… | GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP | 4 | 6 | 2023–2024 |
| SIGRID JOHANNES | U.S. House - Office of the Democratic Whip Intern, May-Aug. 2018 U.S. Senate - J… | PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL | 1 | 6 | 2023–2024 |
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Abigail Spanberger is not scored: there is no usable voting record to rank against — either the vote and contribution records have not yet been matched to this member, or this is a non-voting delegate. This is the absence of a score, not a finding of low 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