Raphael Gamaliel Warnock
Democrat
· GA Senate · 117th Congress
Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · Risk Management (Chair) · and Trade (Chair) · Senate Committee on Banking (Chair) · and Global Competitiveness (Chair) · Joint Economic Committee · and Forestry · Natural Resources · and Biotechnology · Specialty Crops · and Research · Local Food Systems · and Food Safety and Security · and Credit · and Urban Affairs · and Community Development · and Investment · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Innovation · and Broadband · and Ports · Senate Committee on Finance · Senate Special Committee on Aging
Influence Score
97.6
Most exposed
↓ -2.2
vs 118th (93.8)
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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
$92,546,115
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$167,381,181
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
10.2
/ 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
15.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$5,000 direct
NATPAC 1947
$1,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $60.01M 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 — $120K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 97.6 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 93.8 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 91.6 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DEMOCRACY PAC
Total money from this network
$31,307,606
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
DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC
Share from this one network
8.2%
Amount from this network
$177,297
Total from all networks
$2,157,366
Networks contributing
327
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Who funds Warnock
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$315,936,027
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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
9.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
18.7%
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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
3
Money that arrived near votes
$8K
Distinct donors
4
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.17%
Biggest clusters of timed money
KWM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM
$3K
AIDS HEALTHCARE
$2K
PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE
$500
BLACKROCK
$250
FEE ONLY FINANCIAL PLANNING
$250
RELIANCE INSURANCE
$250
BAIN CAPITAL
$100
BAIN CAPITAL
$100
BAIN CAPITAL
$100
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ULINE
$34.81M
NEA
$30.94M
ORACLE
$30.11M
BLACKSTONE
$22.53M
CITADEL INVESTMENT
$22.07M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
VALMORE MANAGEMENT
$12.39M
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$10.71M
REYES
$10.28M
BLOOMBERG
$9.49M
HOMEMAKER
$8.44M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$8.10M
PATHWAYS ORG
$7.93M
EMC
$7.58M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.34M
CHARLES SCHWAB
$6.33M
THE MARCUS
$6.29M
MOUNTAIRE
$5.45M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$5.34M
STEPHENS
$5.22M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Raphael Gamaliel Warnock comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$118.62M
Disclosed outside spending
$55.98M
Dark-money outside spending
$62.65M
Share that is dark money
52.81%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$11.37M
Groups hiding their donors
37
By funding network
SLF PAC
$93.26M
NRSC
$15.25M
WORKERS VOTE
$12.86M
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
$12.42M
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$11.72M
DEMOCRACY PAC
$11.21M
34N22, INC.
$5.92M
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$3.78M
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN INC.
$3.43M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$2.58M
ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND PAC
$2.36M
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
$2.25M
CFFE PAC
$2.18M
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$2.02M
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$1.97M
Groups that hide their donors
$45.17M
$5.80M
$2.51M
$1.37M
$1.19M
$916K
$731K
$671K
1 smaller group under $500
$306
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
DNC SERVICES DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
$220K
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
$75K
COOPER FOR NORTH CAROLINA
$39K
QINGTUN LIANG
$30K
KIM ANDY
$25K
MENG GRACE
$25K
NICKEL WILEY
$21K
TONG ZHANG
$18K
SONG LIU
$15K
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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.
516 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $3.55M to Raphael Gamaliel Warnock across 1,449 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$3.55M
Shared contributors
516
Contributions
1,449
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 511 | 1,345 | $2.95M |
| 2024 | 13 | 60 | $590K |
| 2026 | 6 | 44 | $10K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Raphael Gamaliel Warnock or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIERRE WHATLEY | Policy Advisor, SEC; Policy Advisor, CFPB; Examiner, Federal Reserve; Staff Dire… | FS VECTOR LLC | 18 | 134 | 2023–2025 |
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Raphael Gamaliel Warnock 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