Patty Murray
Democrat
· WA Senate · 117th Congress
Senate Committee on Appropriations (Chair) · Health and Human Services (Chair) · and Education (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · Senate Committee on Health (Chair) · and Pensions (Chair) · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · Veterans Affairs · Foreign Operations · and Related Programs · Housing and Urban Development · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Senate Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
78.9
Most exposed
↓ -0.9
vs 118th (97.6)
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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
11.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,059,131
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
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.5
/ 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
10.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.0
/ 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
11.0
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $417.15M 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 — $834K.
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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 | 66.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 78.9 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 97.6 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 96.7 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WOMEN VOTE
Total money from this network
$14,759,844
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.
Share from this one network
1.0%
Amount from this network
$29,500
Total from all networks
$3,006,188
Networks contributing
607
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Who funds Murray
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$7,109,041
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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
99.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.8%
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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
2
Money that arrived near votes
$6K
Distinct donors
3
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
0.57%
Biggest clusters of timed money
UMPQUA BANK
$5K
WELLS FARGO
$1K
PEMCO INSURANCE
$300
RADIANT GLOBAL LOGISTICS
$250
MARYSVILLE TOYOTA
$243
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
$225
AMGEN
$100
WASHINGTON MUTUAL
$100
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$50
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$50
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
VALMORE MANAGEMENT
$12.35M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
BLOOMBERG
$5.82M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.38M
BOEING
$3.68M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.47M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.36M
GENERAL MOTORS
$3.04M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
CHARTER
$2.51M
SCHUSTERMAN INTERESTS
$2.50M
FTX
$2.36M
HARRIS
$2.32M
STEPHENS
$2.25M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.17M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Patty Murray comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$9.03M
Disclosed outside spending
$8.94M
Dark-money outside spending
$90K
Share that is dark money
1.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$37K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
EVERGREEN PRINCIPLES PAC
$4.38M
WOMEN VOTE
$2.10M
ESAFUND
$1.04M
OUR AMERICAN CENTURY
$866K
CFFE PAC
$300K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$100K
FUSE WASHINGTON
$37K
UNITED WOMEN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE PAC
$37K
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$35K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$27K
NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN & FAMILIES ACTION FUND
$14K
PATRIOTS FOR A BRIGHTER AMERICA
$5K
CARE ACTION NOW INC.
$4K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$4K
PROTECT THE VOTE
$2K
Groups that hide their donors
$37K
$35K
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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.
149 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.56M to Patty Murray across 215 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.56M
Shared contributors
149
Contributions
215
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 146 | 206 | $1.55M |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | $5K |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 | $2K |
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Revolving Door
17 former staff members
who worked for Patty Murray or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZACHARY MALLOVE | Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Red… | MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. | 55 | 58 | 2023–2025 |
| RICK DESIMONE | Chief of Staff, Sen. Patty Murray | DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC | 20 | 21 | 2023–2024 |
| JOHN CULTON | Outreach Director Eastern WA Senator Patty Murray; Intern Senator Maria Cantwell | CAPITOL PATH CONSULTING LLC FKA CULTON CONSULTING LLC | 8 | 37 | 2024–2025 |
| JEFF BJORNSTAD | Chief of Staff Senator Murray, Chief of Staff Rep. Rick Larsen, Chief of Staff R… | WASHINGTON2 ADVOCATES | 7 | 80 | 2023–2025 |
| SARAH BOLTON | Education Policy Director, Senate HELP Committee,Dem. Staff;Sr. Policy and Budge… | THE RABEN GROUP | 6 | 37 | 2023–2025 |
| LETICIA MEDEROS | Leg. Dir./Chief of Staff - Cong. Rosa DeLauro; Chief of Staff - Cong. Michelle L… | ACTUM I, LLC | 3 | 21 | 2023–2025 |
| ROBYN HIESTAND | Deputy Chief of Staff Rep. Brad Sherman Senior Education and Budget Analyst, Sen… | BOSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP | 2 | 18 | 2023–2025 |
| ELIZABETH BURKE | Exec. Asst to Senator Evan Bayh; Executive Asst to Senator Patty Murray; Directo… | BURKE CONSULTING LLC | 2 | 2 | 2024–2024 |
| DAVID HODGES | SW Washington Director for Senator Patty Murray | CFM STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS (CONKLING FISKUM & MCCORMICK) | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| ADAM GOODWIN | Military Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Patty Murray | PACIFIC DEFENSE LLC | 1 | 6 | 2023–2024 |
| LETICIA MEDEROS | Leg. Dir./Chief of Staff - Cong. Rosa DeLauro; Chief of Staff - Cong. Michelle L… | CLARK HILL, PLC | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| PAGE PHILLIPS STRICKLER | SW Washington Director for Senator Murray (D-WA) | CFM STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS (CONKLING FISKUM & MCCORMICK) | 1 | 1 | 2023–2025 |
| SARAH NICHOLSON | Constituent Service Representative, Sen. Murray (2003-04); Community Outreach Re… | UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| COLLEEN MEINERS | Kitsap and Olympic Peninsula Director for US Senator Patty Murray. | GORDON THOMAS HONEYWELL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| ELIZABETH DARNALL | Special Assistant to the President and Senate Legislative Liaison, Executive Off… | AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CANCER ACTION NETWORK, INC. | 1 | 4 | 2025–2025 |
| CHRISTOPHER FISK | Policy Advisor - Sen. HELP Cmte, Sen. Patty Murray; Leg Asst. - Cong. Alma Adams… | ACTUM I, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| JASON PARK | Senate Committee on Finance, International Trade Counsel; Senate Committee on th… | COUPANG, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Patty Murray 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