Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell
Republican
· KY Senate · 116th Congress
Joint Committee on Printing (Chair) · Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · Specialty Crops (Chair) · and Research (Chair) · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (Chair) · Joint Committee of Congress on the Library · and Forestry · Risk Management · and Trade · Agricultural Research · and Specialty Crops · and Credit · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · Veterans Affairs · Foreign Operations · and Related Programs · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
71.3
Highly exposed
↓ -2.6
vs 118th (65.8)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$500,046
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$16,403
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.1
/ 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
13.7
/ 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
8.6
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.7
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $171.12M 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 | 71.3 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 67.5 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 65.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.2 | 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
$22,500
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
WINRED
Share from this one network
36.8%
Amount from this network
$438,697
Total from all networks
$1,191,285
Networks contributing
197
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Who funds Mcconnell
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$6,459,744
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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
98.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
13
Money that arrived near votes
$27K
Distinct donors
26
Distinct employers
12
Share of their total fundraising
2.23%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ZIONS BANK
$10K
FIRST CORBIN FINANCIAL
$3K
GATEWAY FINANCIAL
$2K
GREENBERG RAPP FINANCIAL
$2K
BOULEVARD FINANCIAL
$2K
ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES
$1K
ENZA FINANCIAL
$1K
GATEWAY FINANCIAL
$1K
INDEPENDENCE BANK
$1K
INSTITUTIONAL INSURANCE
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BOEING
$3.60M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
CHARTER
$2.51M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.85M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.55M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.50M
COZEN O CONNOR
$1.25M
GOOGLE
$1.21M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.15M
MARATHON PETROLEUM
$1.12M
CVS HEALTH
$1.11M
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
$1.06M
AT T SERVICES
$1.06M
ENTERGY SERVICES
$1.03M
ABBVIE
$965K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$954K
MCGUIREWOODS LLP
$944K
REGIONS BANK
$922K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7K
Disclosed outside spending
$439
Dark-money outside spending
$7K
Share that is dark money
93.80%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
SAEF
$8.07M
SAVE AMERICA FUND
$1.88M
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$705K
THE LINCOLN PROJECT
$464K
SLF PAC
$202K
THE PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
$122K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$120K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$92K
AFT SOLIDARITY
$88K
FOR THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY PAC
$75K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$55K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$54K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$53K
MAD DOG PAC
$43K
AUGUST PAC
$41K
Groups that hide their donors
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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 $124K to Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell across 413 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$124K
Shared contributors
13
Contributions
413
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 413 | $124K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM PIPER | Special Assistant, Senator McConnell | FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS | 16 | 17 | 2023–2025 |
| GORDON BATES | CoS, Sen. McConnell, 2000-02; Legal Cnsl, Sen. McConnell, 1999-00; Chief Cnsl, S… | AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD | 14 | 14 | 2023–2025 |
| MICHAEL SOLON | Senator McConnell, Senator Lott and Senator Gramm | US POLICY STRATEGIES | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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