Tammy Baldwin
Democrat
· WI Senate · 116th Congress
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Influence Score
99.4
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
5.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,191,431
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$13,263,047
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
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
2.9
/ 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
11.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$12,530 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $232.05M 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 — $464K.
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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 | 99.4 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 90.0 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 60.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 88.6 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DEMOCRACY PAC
Total money from this network
$16,322,716
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
J STREET ACTION FUND
Share from this one network
4.3%
Amount from this network
$137,748
Total from all networks
$3,229,265
Networks contributing
570
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Who funds Baldwin
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$55,441,762
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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
10.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
8.3%
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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
76
Money that arrived near votes
$208K
Distinct donors
95
Distinct employers
63
Share of their total fundraising
0.55%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDELL
$7K
BERKSHIRE
$7K
BLUESTEM ASSET MANAGEMENT
$7K
CENTERVIEW
$7K
EVERCORE
$7K
GREYLOCK
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
KLEINER PERKINS
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ULINE
$84.10M
CITADEL INVESTMENT
$32.50M
EMC
$27.00M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$18.01M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$15.00M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$11.39M
REYES
$10.00M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.25M
BLACKSTONE
$9.04M
ARVEST BANK
$7.50M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$6.86M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
PATHWAYS ORG
$6.51M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.51M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
STEPHENS
$6.06M
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
$5.25M
BLOOMBERG
$5.11M
KLINGENSTEIN
$5.06M
CHARLES SCHWAB
$5.01M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Tammy Baldwin comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$61.17M
Disclosed outside spending
$29.64M
Dark-money outside spending
$31.53M
Share that is dark money
51.55%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$2.19M
Groups hiding their donors
20
By funding network
SLF PAC
$22.33M
FIX WASHINGTON PAC
$15.74M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$6.64M
RESTORATION PAC
$5.54M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
$2.51M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.75M
AUGUST PAC
$1.66M
AMERICAS PAC
$1.52M
ONE FOR ALL COMMITTEE
$1.40M
POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUND
$1.35M
JEFFERSON RISING
$1.13M
SMP
$1.03M
FOR OUR FUTURE
$985K
CFFE PAC
$688K
SCREAMING EAGLE PAC INC.
$622K
Groups that hide their donors
$22.33M
$1.75M
$231K
$213K
$38K
1 smaller group under $500
$14
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
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS GENERAL ASSOCATION
$17.16M
DAN CRENSHAW FOR CONGRESS
$330K
ANGIE CRAIG FOR CONGRESS
$87K
KEAN FOR CONGRESS
$78K
TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESS
$64K
TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE
$57K
CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS FOR CONGRESS
$48K
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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.
221 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $3.24M to Tammy Baldwin across 518 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$3.24M
Shared contributors
221
Contributions
518
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 28 | $10K |
| 2024 | 217 | 488 | $3.23M |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $-200 |
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Tammy Baldwin 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