Amy Klobuchar
Democrat
· MN Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Democratic Steering/PCC · Joint Committee on Printing (Chair) · Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · and Forestry (Chair) · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (Chair) · Competition Policy and Consumer Rights (Chair) · and Consumer Rights (Chair) · and the Law (Chair) · Joint Committee of Congress on the Library · Joint Committee on the Library · Joint Economic Committee · Risk Management · and Trade · and Natural Resources · Natural Resources · and Biotechnology · Specialty Crops · and Research · and Food Safety · and Agriculture Security · Agricultural Research · and Specialty Crops · and Credit · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Broadband · and the Internet · Product Safety · and Data Security · and Data Privacy · and Consumer Protection · and Safety · and Ports · and Export Promotion · Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Competition Policy · and Border Safety · Agency Action · Federal Rights and Federal Courts
Influence Score
81.0
Highly exposed
↑ +11.5
vs 118th (69.2)
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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
4.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$119,374
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
9.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.2
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.3
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
13.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$22,751 direct
JSTREETPAC
$7,380 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $49.88M 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 — $100K.
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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 | 80.4 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 71.6 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 69.2 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 80.7 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Total money from this network
$49,500
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
3.6%
Amount from this network
$49,500
Total from all networks
$1,355,500
Networks contributing
198
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Who funds Klobuchar
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$922,702
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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
0.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Extra weight for leadership role
1.25×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.8%
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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
49
Money that arrived near votes
$142K
Distinct donors
84
Distinct employers
40
Share of their total fundraising
0.99%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$12K
SECURIAN FINANCIAL
$9K
CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES P C
$7K
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL
$7K
CENTERVIEW
$7K
GPS INVESTMENT
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
SABAN CAPITAL
$7K
SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT
$7K
MORGAN STANLEY
$5K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
USPS
$2.06M
THE ANTHEM COMPANIES
$1.52M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.31M
FORD MOTOR
$1.21M
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$949K
GENERAL MOTORS
$908K
GENERAL MOTORS
$799K
FORD MOTOR
$752K
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$686K
FORD MOTOR
$651K
AFSCME INT L
$590K
AFSCME INT L
$564K
DELTA AIR LINES
$545K
TARGET
$493K
EAN
$487K
TARGET
$486K
OMAHA FIRE DEPT
$465K
BAKER TILLY US LLP
$456K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Amy Klobuchar comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$146K
Disclosed outside spending
$68K
Dark-money outside spending
$78K
Share that is dark money
53.61%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$23K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MINNESOTA POLITICAL ACTION FUND
$65K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$44K
UNITED BREAST CANCER SUPPORT PAC
$40K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$25K
LIUNA MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA/LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA
$13K
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY
$9K
TEAM [TEAMSTERS EDUCATION AND MOBILIZATION]
$4K
MINNESOTA AFL-CIO
$168
DEMOCRACY PAC
$134
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
GREENWAVE
$50
USW WORKS
$44
LCV VICTORY FUND
$39
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PAC
$2
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$207
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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.
272 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.53M to Amy Klobuchar across 331 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.53M
Shared contributors
272
Contributions
331
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 22 | $36K |
| 2024 | 262 | 306 | $1.39M |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $102K |
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Revolving Door
9 former staff members
who worked for Amy Klobuchar or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAADE WALLACE | Legislative Correspondent, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar; Staff Assistant, U.S. Rep… | FEDERAL STREET STRATEGIES, LLC | 21 | 121 | 2024–2025 |
| SEAN RICHARDSON | Chief of Staff, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (2006-2007); Chief of Staff, Rep. Patrick Ken… | TIBER CREEK GROUP | 11 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| JACKSON CLARK | Paid Intern - District Office of Senator Amy Klobuchar | LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC | 10 | 52 | 2023–2025 |
| TIMOTHY MOLINO | Counsel, Sen. Judiciary Cmte. (2010-2011); Counsel, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (2010) | TIBER CREEK GROUP | 7 | 7 | 2023–2025 |
| JONATHAN BECKER | Chief of Staff, Senator Amy Klobuchar (2010-13); Chief Counsel, Senator Amy Klob… | MAYER BROWN LLP | 3 | 3 | 2023–2025 |
| ANDREW HU | Health Fellow, Congressman Bart Gordon; Health Research Assistant, Senate, Finan… | BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER ACTION | 1 | 14 | 2023–2025 |
| LAURA PINSKY | Director of Operations, Deputy Scheduler - Office of Senator Amy Klobuchar; Assi… | SAZERAC COMPANY, INC. | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| DOUGLASS CALIDAS | Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Deputy Legislative Director, and Senior Ec… | AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION | 1 | 5 | 2024–2024 |
| FLYNN RICO-JOHNSON | Commissioner Starks(FCC):6/24-6/25:Policy Advisor;Office of Congresswoman Matsui… | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 1 | 4 | 2025–2025 |
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Amy Klobuchar'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