Mark Edward Kelly
Democrat
· AZ Senate · 117th Congress
and Nuclear Innovation and Safety (Chair) · Joint Economic Committee · Senate Committee on Armed Services · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · and Mining · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · Waste Management · Environmental Justice · and Regulatory Oversight · and Water · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Senate Special Committee on Aging
Influence Score
76.3
Most exposed
↓ -9.5
vs 118th (88.3)
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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
$61,931,258
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$84,658,110
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.4
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.3
/ 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
0.2
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$3,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $44.70M 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 — $89K.
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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 | 40.2 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 76.3 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 88.3 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 78.8 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Total money from this network
$18,546,485
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
VOTEVETS
Share from this one network
5.6%
Amount from this network
$92,500
Total from all networks
$1,658,633
Networks contributing
270
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Who funds Kelly
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$214,600,703
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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
9.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
46.7%
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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
$14K
Distinct donors
6
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
0.29%
Biggest clusters of timed money
JOHN GORRIE INVESTMENT
$5K
JOHN GORRIE INVESTMENT
$5K
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS
$2K
SV ANGEL
$1K
BANK OF AMERICA
$1K
AGM FINANCIAL SERVICES
$500
AGM FINANCIAL SERVICES
$500
AGM FINANCIAL SERVICES
$500
WELLS FARGO BANK
$500
CORD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ULINE
$68.23M
SIG
$29.45M
THIEL CAPITAL
$20.00M
VALMORE MANAGEMENT
$12.39M
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$10.52M
BLOOMBERG
$9.21M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.34M
FAHR
$5.09M
BALLMER
$5.00M
HENDRICKS HOLDING
$4.51M
BLOOMBERG
$4.01M
GABY
$3.52M
THE MARCUS MILLICHAP
$3.50M
HOMEMAKER
$3.36M
NETFLIX
$3.03M
THE SIMONS
$3.00M
SCHMIDT FUTURES
$2.81M
MEDLEY MANAGEMENT
$2.78M
FTX
$2.69M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mark Edward Kelly comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$62.93M
Disclosed outside spending
$41.97M
Dark-money outside spending
$20.96M
Share that is dark money
33.31%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$4.85M
Groups hiding their donors
25
By funding network
NRSC
$18.59M
DEFENDARIZONA
$17.05M
SLF PAC
$14.85M
SAVING ARIZONA PAC
$8.63M
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$8.05M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$6.73M
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$6.68M
SMP
$4.39M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$4.22M
SOMOS PAC
$3.59M
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN INC.
$2.96M
PATRIOT MAJORITY PAC
$1.41M
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1.40M
OUR AMERICAN CENTURY
$1.28M
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$1.17M
Groups that hide their donors
$6.68M
$4.01M
$3.68M
$1.99M
$1.41M
$659K
$560K
$456K
$397K
4 smaller groups under $500
$894
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.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES
$10.50M
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PAC
$8.23M
COMMUNITY CHANGE VOTERS
$3.15M
AMERICA VOTES
$2.20M
WAY TO LEAD PAC
$600K
JAMES SANDLER
$500K
MOVEMENT VOTER PAC
$460K
AFSCME
$400K
JEFF DEAN
$400K
UFCW LOCAL 99 PAC
$256K
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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.
427 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.38M to Mark Edward Kelly across 1,479 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.38M
Shared contributors
427
Contributions
1,479
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 360 | 1,144 | $738K |
| 2024 | 20 | 133 | $296K |
| 2026 | 94 | 202 | $348K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Mark Edward Kelly or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ED GERAK | Senator Sinema, Senator Kelly, Congressman Grijalva, Congressman Ciscomani and C… | IRRIGATION AND ELECTRICAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA, INC. | 1 | 4 | 2023–2025 |
| JENELL BIGGS SMOLOVA | AZ members: Ciscomani, Biggs, Crane, Gosar, Hamadeh, Senator Mark Kelly and Sen … | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | 1 | 6 | 2023–2025 |
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Mark Edward Kelly ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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