Tim Sheehy
Republican
· MT Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Armed Services · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Innovation · and Fisheries · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
71.5
Moderately 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
5.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$18,614,473
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$64,783,514
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
12.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$19,343 direct
NORPAC
$3,300 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $42.23M 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 — $84K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$21,705,086
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
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Share from this one network
2.4%
Amount from this network
$39,535
Total from all networks
$1,661,588
Networks contributing
284
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Who funds Sheehy
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$19,514,958
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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
6.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
2.6%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITADEL INVESTMENT
$35.08M
EMC
$27.01M
BLACKSTONE
$17.51M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$15.00M
REYES
$10.21M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$10.00M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.09M
HOMEMAKER
$8.53M
ARVEST BANK
$7.00M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.90M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$6.75M
PATHWAYS ORG
$6.65M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
STEPHENS
$6.14M
CHARLES SCHWAB
$5.12M
CITADEL
$5.08M
WALTON
$5.00M
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
$5.00M
BOEING
$4.43M
BLOOMBERG
$4.05M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Tim Sheehy comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$83.43M
Disclosed outside spending
$41.82M
Dark-money outside spending
$41.61M
Share that is dark money
49.87%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$378K
Groups hiding their donors
10
By funding network
LAST BEST PLACE PAC
$32.03M
DEMOCRACY PAC
$23.68M
MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENT
$6.83M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$6.41M
DSCC
$4.48M
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$2.06M
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1.13M
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$993K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$529K
RETIRED AMERICANS PAC
$490K
MONTANA HUNTERS AND ANGLERS LEADERSHIP FUND
$481K
TRUTH AND JUSTICE FUND COMPANY
$449K
VOTEVETS
$415K
BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)
$350K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$337K
Groups that hide their donors
$32.03M
$2.06M
$269K
$230K
1 smaller group under $500
$345
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
DSCC
$837K
BRIAN FITZPATRICK FOR ALL OF US
$228K
LAWLER FOR CONGRESS
$171K
FRENCH HILL FOR ARKANSAS
$117K
IN THE ARENA PAC
$112K
BLAINE FOR CONGRESS
$93K
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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.
132 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.99M to Tim Sheehy across 541 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.99M
Shared contributors
132
Contributions
541
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99 | 494 | $1.87M |
| 2026 | 36 | 47 | $117K |
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Tim Sheehy sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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