Ron Johnson — The Influenced Index

Ron Johnson

Republican · WI Senate · 116th Congress

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Chair) · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Broadband · and the Internet · and Consumer Protection · Climate Change · and Manufacturing · and Weather · and Ports · and Export Promotion · Senate Committee on Finance · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · the Pacific · and International Cybersecurity Policy · International Operations · and Bilateral International Development · Federal Workforce · and Regulatory Affairs · Senate Committee on the Budget · Senate Special Committee on Aging

Influence Score

64.7

Moderately exposed

↓ -7.2 vs 118th (81.4)

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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

11.6

/ 12

Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them

0.0

/ 6

Spent to help elect them

Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above

Spent to defeat this member

$3,962

Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)

Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on

9.1

/ 10

Revolving door (23 lobbyists) former staff now working as lobbyists

2.8

/ 3

Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want

0.0

/ 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

10.6

/ 16

Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member

0.1

/ 10

Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on

8.3

/ 10

Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction

9.2

/ 12

FARA institutional lobbying

This member’s committees are targeted by $178.47M 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 — $357K.

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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	64.7	Moderately exposed
117th · 2021-2023	65.8	Moderately exposed
118th · 2023-2025	81.4	Most exposed
119th · 2025-2027	74.2	Highly exposed

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Biggest funding source

The single network behind the most money and influence

Network WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC

Total money from this network $28,894,330

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 11.6%

Amount from this network $170,712

Total from all networks $1,478,559

Networks contributing 252

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Who funds Johnson

Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence

cluster 0

score 64.7 · Moderately exposed

$2,028,061

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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 19.4%

Extra weight when money matches their committees 2.00×

Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas 0.9%

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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 1

Money that arrived near votes $1K

Distinct donors 1

Distinct employers 1

Share of their total fundraising 0.02%

Biggest clusters of timed money

COCERRA INSURANCE SERVICES

20230926 · 1 contributions · Finance · 4d from vote (mixed)

$1K