Gary C. Peters
Democrat
· MI Senate · 116th Congress
Senate Committee on Commerce (Chair) · and Safety (Chair) · and Ports (Chair) · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Chair) · Joint Economic Committee · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · Veterans Affairs · Senate Committee on Armed Services · and Transportation · and Fisheries · and Broadband · and the Internet · Climate Change · and Manufacturing · and Competitiveness · and Weather · Federal Workforce · and Regulatory Affairs · District of Columbia · and Census
Influence Score
72.0
Highly 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
9.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$21,012,796
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
2.3
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 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
12.1
/ 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
7.5
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.6
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $209.37M 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 — $419K.
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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 | 72.0 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 85.2 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 37.8 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 61.4 | Moderately 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
$10,570,416
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.2%
Amount from this network
$15,000
Total from all networks
$1,290,178
Networks contributing
371
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Who funds Peters
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$22,602,712
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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
1.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
1.2%
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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
12
Money that arrived near votes
$30K
Distinct donors
14
Distinct employers
11
Share of their total fundraising
1.66%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
PFIZER
$7K
AMGEN
$3K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$3K
MERCK
$3K
ADVANCE FINANCIAL
$1K
ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES
$1K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$1K
BANK OF AMERICA
$1K
GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE
$1K
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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
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.96M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
HARRIS
$2.04M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.85M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Gary C. Peters comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$12K
Disclosed outside spending
$12K
Dark-money outside spending
$108
Share that is dark money
0.87%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$100
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
SLF PAC
$17.49M
BETTER FUTURE MI FUND
$11.18M
NRSC
$8.16M
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$3.93M
RESTORATION PAC
$2.82M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.20M
CFFE PAC
$853K
MILLIONS OF MICHIGANIANS
$606K
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$521K
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
$500K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$400K
MI PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES
$328K
ESAFUND
$321K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$271K
SMP
$269K
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$108
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
12 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $22K to Gary C. Peters across 39 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$22K
Shared contributors
12
Contributions
39
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 11 | $10K |
| 2024 | 5 | 26 | $7K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $5K |
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Gary C. Peters'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