Martin Heinrich
Democrat
· NM Senate · 116th Congress
Veterans Affairs (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Chair) · Joint Economic Committee · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · Senate Committee on Armed Services · and Mining · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
86.1
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
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$15,051
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
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
1.9
/ 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
13.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.4
/ 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
4.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$10,782 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $173.27M 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 — $347K.
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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 | 86.1 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 51.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 38.8 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 76.3 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
CLIMATE EMERGENCY VOTERS PAC
Total money from this network
$47,096
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.0%
Amount from this network
$28,500
Total from all networks
$2,823,076
Networks contributing
540
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Who funds Heinrich
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$7,183,017
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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
5.0%
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
40
Money that arrived near votes
$116K
Distinct donors
53
Distinct employers
35
Share of their total fundraising
1.47%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
SCHOONER CAPITAL
$7K
FENICE INVESTMENT
$5K
PIONEER PUBLIC AFFAIRS
$4K
AMERICAN EXPRESS
$3K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$18.00M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
BOEING
$4.39M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.31M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.93M
CHARTER
$2.65M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
USPS
$2.06M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
HARRIS
$2.03M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.01M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.86M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Martin Heinrich comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$762K
Disclosed outside spending
$736K
Dark-money outside spending
$26K
Share that is dark money
3.41%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$24K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
JEFFERSON RISING
$532K
ALABAMA CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES (ACC)
$82K
FRONTIERS OF FREEDOM ACTION, INC.
$42K
SAFER NM COMMUNITIES
$31K
CLIMATE EMERGENCY VOTERS PAC
$24K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$13K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$7K
PROTECT OUR WINTERS ACTION FUND
$2K
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$710
LCV VICTORY FUND
$352
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$231
DEMOCRACY PAC
$70
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$352
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.
CLIMATE EMERGENCY ADVOCATES
$10K
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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.
66 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $100K to Martin Heinrich across 101 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$100K
Shared contributors
66
Contributions
101
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 65 | 98 | $97K |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $4K |
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Martin Heinrich 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