Mazie Hirono
Democrat
· HI Senate · 116th Congress
Senate Committee on Armed Services · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · and Mining · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Agency Action · and Federal Rights · and Border Safety · Federal Rights and Federal Courts · and the Law
Influence Score
79.3
Most exposed
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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
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$426
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
1.3
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
12.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.3
/ 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
3.9
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $63.76M 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 — $128K.
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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 | 79.3 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 47.0 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 34.3 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 58.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Total money from this network
$22,000
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
MONTANANS FOR TESTER
Share from this one network
1.2%
Amount from this network
$15,000
Total from all networks
$1,282,793
Networks contributing
257
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Who funds Hirono
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$5,588,003
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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
100.0%
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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
$8K
Distinct donors
9
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
0.36%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GOLDMAN SACHS
$2K
AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK
$1K
CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK
$1K
HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC
$1K
HIRAYAMA BROS ELECTRIC
$1K
WAGNER INVESTMENT
$1K
AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK
$500
ARNOLD PORTER
$500
CA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
$500
CENTRAL PACIFIC FINANCIAL
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
BOEING
$4.38M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.31M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.98M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
CHARTER
$2.51M
HARRIS
$2.32M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
HARRIS
$2.03M
USPS
$2.03M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.02M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.55M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.50M
CENTENE
$1.46M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mazie Hirono comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$2K
Disclosed outside spending
$2K
Dark-money outside spending
$59
Share that is dark money
2.86%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$59
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF HAWAII
$2K
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION -- POLITICAL ACTION FUND
$311
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
LCV VICTORY FUND
$59
DEMOCRACY PAC
$35
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$59
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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.
13 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $288K to Mazie Hirono across 17 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$288K
Shared contributors
13
Contributions
17
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 5 | $12K |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 | $271K |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | $5K |
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Mazie Hirono 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