Tim Scott
Republican
· SC Senate · 117th Congress
Senate Committee on Banking (Chair) · and Urban Affairs (Chair) · and Investment (Chair) · Natural Resources (Chair) · and Infrastructure (Chair) · Senate Special Committee on Aging (Chair) · Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe · and Community Development · Senate Committee on Finance · and Global Competitiveness · Senate Committee on Health · and Pensions · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Influence Score
75.8
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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$7,323,117
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
9.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
3.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.4
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.7
/ 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
8.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.3
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $95.74M 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 — $191K.
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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 | 65.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 75.8 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 54.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 88.0 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$123,602
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
0.9%
Amount from this network
$36,500
Total from all networks
$3,859,040
Networks contributing
698
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Who funds Scott
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$13,855,475
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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
97.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
47.9%
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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
44
Money that arrived near votes
$183K
Distinct donors
91
Distinct employers
35
Share of their total fundraising
1.26%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BEEMOK CAPITAL
$21K
GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17K
SHERMAN FINANCIAL
$13K
CREDIT ONE BANK
$12K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$10K
CAROLINA BANK
$7K
CREDIT ONE BANK
$7K
FORTRESS INVESTMENT
$7K
GENWORTH FINANCIAL
$7K
SHERMAN FINANCIAL
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ORACLE
$30.27M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$3.65M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.47M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
EY
$3.01M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
SHERMAN FINANCIAL
$2.76M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.01M
HOMEMAKER
$1.93M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.92M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.89M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Tim Scott comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
$2.20M
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC.
$1.00M
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND ACTION
$350K
ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICA
$261K
HONORING AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PAC
$213K
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC
$147K
AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION FUND
$102K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$54K
SLF PAC
$50K
ELECT REPUBLICANS
$8K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$105
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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.
297 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.03M to Tim Scott across 1,746 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.03M
Shared contributors
297
Contributions
1,746
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 254 | 1,244 | $864K |
| 2024 | 65 | 471 | $165K |
| 2026 | 3 | 31 | $1K |
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Tim Scott'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