Marco Rubio
Republican
· FL Senate · 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
$940,519
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
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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 | 56.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 63.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 51.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | — | — |
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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 Rubio
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
BLOOMBERG
$6.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BALLMER
$5.00M
HOMEMAKER
$4.98M
BOEING
$3.68M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.49M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.39M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
EY
$3.02M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
CHARTER
$2.51M
FTX
$2.26M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
HARRIS
$2.03M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.02M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.91M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
UP RAILROAD
$1.70M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Marco Rubio comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$6.19M
Disclosed outside spending
$5.91M
Dark-money outside spending
$279K
Share that is dark money
4.50%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$216K
Groups hiding their donors
8
By funding network
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
$2.54M
FLORIDA FIRST PROJECT
$1.36M
AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION FUND
$252K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$245K
GRASSROOTS ACTION FUND
$200K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$194K
UNIDOSUS ACTION PAC
$177K
CFFE PAC
$162K
PROGRESS RHODE ISLAND
$96K
WOMEN VOTE
$89K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$87K
VOTAR ES PODER PAC
$68K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$53K
THE LINCOLN PROJECT
$52K
REALLY AMERICAN PAC
$47K
Groups that hide their donors
$45K
$9K
1 smaller group under $500
$405
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.
ANNIE MAHON
$330K
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
$75K
LISETTE NIEVES
$15K
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
JASON BELL
$5K
SANDRA LI
$5K
DAVID SWITZER
$4K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
RICHARD PETERSON
$2K
PETER BRADSHAW
$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.
253 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $3.58M to Marco Rubio across 1,208 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$3.58M
Shared contributors
253
Contributions
1,208
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 242 | 951 | $2.05M |
| 2024 | 6 | 59 | $100K |
| 2026 | 20 | 198 | $1.43M |
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Revolving Door
8 former staff members
who worked for Marco Rubio or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CESAR CONDA | Chief of Staff, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL); Assistant for Domestic Policy, Office o… | NAVIGATORS GLOBAL LLC (FORMERLY DC NAVIGATORS, LLC) | 15 | 28 | 2023–2025 |
| LAUREN REAMY | Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director/Legislative Assistant, Senator Marco … | PENN AVENUE PARTNERS | 13 | 32 | 2025–2025 |
| JIMMY PEACOCK | Chief of Staff (Senator Eric Schmitt), Chief of Staff (Congresswoman Ashley Hins… | CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. | 12 | 23 | 2025–2025 |
| NICOLE WRIGHT | U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aide, Legislative C… | THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC | 8 | 8 | 2025–2025 |
| ALBERTO MARTINEZ | Chief of Staff to Sen. Marco Rubio | CONTINENTAL STRATEGY, LLC | 4 | 8 | 2024–2025 |
| ELENI VALANOS | Senator Marco Rubio | HART HEALTH STRATEGIES | 2 | 10 | 2024–2025 |
| ANSLEY RHYNE | Legislative Assistant, Senator Marco Rubio | NOVO NORDISK INC. | 1 | 14 | 2023–2025 |
| WILLIAM LANE | Rep. Jeff Duncan (Jan. 2018-July 2024) Rep. Jeb Hensarling (Sept. 2017-Jan 2018)… | NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA | 1 | 8 | 2024–2025 |
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Marco Rubio 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