Mike Lee
Republican
· UT Senate · 118th Congress
Joint Economic Committee (Chair) · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Chair) · and Mining (Chair) · Multilateral Institutions (Chair) · and International Economic (Chair) · and Environmental Policy (Chair) · Competition Policy and Consumer Rights (Chair) · Competition Policy (Chair) · and Consumer Rights (Chair) · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Innovation · and Broadband · and the Internet · Product Safety · and Data Security · and Consumer Protection · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · the Pacific · and International Cybersecurity Policy · South Asia · Central Asia · and Counterterrorism · Senate Committee on the Budget · Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Agency Action · and Federal Rights · Senate Special Committee on Aging
Influence Score
81.9
Most exposed
↓ -3.1
vs 118th (81.9)
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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
9.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$12,882,439
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9,187,900
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.4
/ 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
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,000 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,000 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $170.90M 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 — $342K.
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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 | 51.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 60.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 81.9 | 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
$13,469,530
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
8.4%
Amount from this network
$186,972
Total from all networks
$2,236,285
Networks contributing
394
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Who funds Lee
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$14,603,869
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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
92.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
80.9%
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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
$10K
Distinct donors
5
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.48%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
OPPORTUNITY FINANCIAL
$2K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$1K
STEADFAST FINANCIAL SERVICES
$890
BREAD FINANCIAL
$500
KELLER INVESTMENT PROPERTIES
$500
BANK
$250
INSURANCE
$222
AERO GUARD AVIATION INSURANCE
$100
KEY INVESTMENT
$100
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ULINE
$32.25M
SIG
$29.45M
HOMEMAKER
$6.36M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
HENDRICKS HOLDING
$4.52M
BOEING
$3.66M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.48M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.36M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
MOUNTAIRE
$2.58M
CHARTER
$2.51M
HARRIS
$2.32M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$2.09M
GABY
$2.03M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.01M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.96M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mike Lee comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$10.80M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.33M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.47M
Share that is dark money
13.64%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$29K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
PUT UTAH FIRST PAC
$4.59M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$1.88M
LIBERTY CHAMPIONS
$1.64M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.24M
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$677K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$443K
GOA VICTORY FUND
$69K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$66K
AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION FUND
$52K
TURNING POINT PAC INC.
$50K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$29K
INDEPENDENT VOTER COALITION
$10K
REALLY AMERICAN PAC
$6K
SENIORS FOR MIKE LEE
$1K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICA
$1K
Groups that hide their donors
$207K
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$6.10M
JEFF YASS
$243.01M
VIRGINIA JAMES
$30.65M
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC
$21.90M
BRETT HENDRICKSON
$1.02M
ROGER HERTOG
$675K
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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.
123 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $336K to Mike Lee across 390 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$336K
Shared contributors
123
Contributions
390
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 114 | 318 | $323K |
| 2024 | 12 | 38 | $8K |
| 2026 | 3 | 34 | $5K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Mike Lee or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYAN LEAVITT | Special Assistant;Law Clerk- Sen. Mike Lee; Sen. Judiciary Committee Staff Assis… | BARKER LEAVITT, PLLC (SKA MR. JAMES C. BARKER) | 6 | 29 | 2023–2025 |
| ABDIEL VAZQUEZ | Staff Assistant, Senator Mike Lee | VELOS | 2 | 3 | 2023–2023 |
| COLE LACROIX | Legislative/policy staffer to Senator Lee | LACROIX ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE | 1 | 4 | 2024–2025 |
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Mike Lee 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