Rand Paul
Republican
· KY Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Health (Chair) · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Chair) · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Chair) · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · Multilateral Institutions · and International Economic · and Environmental Policy · South Asia · Central Asia · and Counterterrorism · International Operations · and Bilateral International Development · and Pensions · Federal Workforce · and Regulatory Affairs · District of Columbia · and Census
Influence Score
49.8
Least exposed
↓ -2.3
vs 118th (52.1)
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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
2.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,010,245
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$227,369
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.3
/ 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
9.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.5
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $66.22M 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 — $132K.
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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 | 39.2 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 52.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 52.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 49.8 | Least 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
$2,110,727
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
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
Share from this one network
15.4%
Amount from this network
$165,894
Total from all networks
$1,078,530
Networks contributing
175
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Who funds Paul
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,452,575
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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
0.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
84.2%
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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
4
Money that arrived near votes
$8K
Distinct donors
6
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
0.21%
Biggest clusters of timed money
WELLS FARGO
$5K
WHITECAP INVESTMENT
$1K
HUNTINGTON FARMS
$1K
RAYMOND JAMES
$1K
ENVISION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$503
FAMLEE INVESTMENT
$500
FALCON FINANCIAL SERVICES
$400
MADISON BANK
$375
WITTEN FINANCIAL SERVICES
$350
BOEING
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ULINE
$32.11M
SIG
$25.01M
BALLMER
$5.00M
HENDRICKS HOLDING
$4.51M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$2.06M
GABY
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.01M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.62M
THE ANTHEM COMPANIES
$1.52M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.52M
COHEN KLINGENSTEIN LL
$1.45M
HOMEMAKER
$1.35M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
ABBVIE
$1.28M
AMGEN
$1.28M
NIRVANA TECHNOLOGY
$1.20M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Rand Paul comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.24M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.24M
Dark-money outside spending
$4K
Share that is dark money
0.35%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$540
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
KENTUCKY FREEDOM PAC
$555K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$394K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$160K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$54K
THE PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
$20K
REALLY AMERICAN PAC
$16K
ONWARD KENTUCKY
$15K
VOTE LOCAL VOTE BLUE
$10K
THE LINCOLN PROJECT
$9K
INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC.
$4K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$1K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$654
Groups that hide their donors
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.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND
$225K
CECILIA G BOONE
$45K
GARRETT BOONE
$45K
DAGMAR DOLBY
$30K
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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.
19 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $488K to Rand Paul across 72 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$488K
Shared contributors
19
Contributions
72
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 66 | $481K |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | $500 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 | $7K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for Rand Paul or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN GRAY | House Budg Comm., Spec. Asst., Budg. Analyst; House Republican Conf., Policy Adv… | GUIDEPOSTSTRATEGIES, LLC | 4 | 21 | 2023–2025 |
| KATIE ELLIOTT | Intern, Senator Rand Paul (Summer, 2022) | FORBES-TATE | 4 | 4 | 2025–2025 |
| KATHEE FACCHIANO | Chief of Staff, Congressman Clay Higgins; Leg Dir and Gen Counsel, Senator Rand … | VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES | 3 | 5 | 2023–2025 |
| MARY GERMILLER | Research Assistant - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee… | ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | 1 | 3 | 2023–2023 |
| KATHEE FACCHIANO | Chief of Staff, Congressman Clay Higgins; Leg Dir&Gen Counsel, Senator Rand Paul… | CAPITOL DECISIONS, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Rand Paul ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no 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