Jeanne Shaheen
Democrat
· NH Senate · 119th Congress
Rural Development (Chair) · Food and Drug Administration (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (Chair) · Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Health and Human Services · and Education · Foreign Operations · and Related Programs · Senate Committee on Armed Services · the Pacific · and International Cybersecurity Policy · Multilateral Institutions · and International Economic · and Environmental Policy · South Asia · Central Asia · and Counterterrorism · International Operations · and Bilateral International Development · Transnational Crime · Civilian Security · Human Rights · and Global Women's Issues · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · Senate Select Committee on Ethics
Influence Score
61.5
Moderately exposed
↓ -6.3
vs 118th (67.8)
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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
1.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$39,249
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$90,200
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.4
/ 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
11.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $236.11M 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 — $472K.
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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 | 64.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 75.9 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 67.8 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 61.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$73,482
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.
Share from this one network
1.9%
Amount from this network
$10,000
Total from all networks
$533,075
Networks contributing
171
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Who funds Shaheen
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
0.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
25.5%
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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
6
Money that arrived near votes
$10K
Distinct donors
8
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
1.18%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CITIZENS FINANCIAL
$3K
CITIZENS FINANCIAL
$2K
BAE SYSTEMS
$1K
BAE SYSTEMS
$1K
CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER
$1K
CITIZENS BANK
$1K
BAE SYSTEMS
$500
CITIZENS BANK
$500
CITIZENS BANK
$500
CITIZENS BANK
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.31M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
HARRIS
$2.32M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
HARRIS
$2.03M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$1.68M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.55M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.50M
CENTENE
$1.46M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$1.36M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.29M
LEIDOS
$1.28M
ABBVIE
$1.28M
MICROSOFT
$1.19M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jeanne Shaheen comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$129K
Disclosed outside spending
$127K
Dark-money outside spending
$3K
Share that is dark money
1.94%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
AMERICAS PAC
$392K
SMP
$199K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$58K
RESTORATION PAC
$37K
UNITED WOMEN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE PAC
$37K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$18K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICA
$14K
AUGUST PAC
$13K
JDCA PAC
$500
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
$67
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$7
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
12 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $22K to Jeanne Shaheen across 14 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$22K
Shared contributors
12
Contributions
14
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 6 | $14K |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | $8K |
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Revolving Door
7 former staff members
who worked for Jeanne Shaheen or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETER FISE | Health Counsel for Sen. Cmte on Finance, Health Counsel for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen,… | TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC | 76 | 704 | 2023–2025 |
| MARISSA SERAFINO | Staff Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Senator Jeanne Shaheen | HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP | 6 | 6 | 2023–2025 |
| MICHAEL YUDIN | Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Depa… | THE RABEN GROUP | 5 | 45 | 2023–2025 |
| MAURA KEEFE | Chief of Staff, Senator Shaheen -- 2009-2019, Chief of Staff, Rosa DeLauro 1997-… | KEEFE SINGISER PARTNERS, FKA KEEFE STRATEGIES LLC | 4 | 24 | 2023–2025 |
| BRIAN MCKEON | Legislative Aide Sen Boxer; Legislative Assistant Sen Boxer; Domestic Policy Adv… | NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| KALI LINDSEY | Senator Cassidy, Senator Jeanne Shaheen | PYXIS PARTNERS, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2023–2024 |
| ARIEL MARSHALL | Chief of Staff, Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Innovation, Dept o… | SCALE AI, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Jeanne Shaheen sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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