Ronald Lee Wyden
Democrat
· OR Senate · 117th Congress
and Mining (Chair) · Senate Committee on Finance (Chair) · Joint Committee on Taxation · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Natural Resources · and Infrastructure · and Global Competitiveness · and Family Policy · Senate Committee on the Budget · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
74.8
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
1.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$215,073
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
2.6
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.9
/ 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
12.2
/ 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
10.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.2
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $215.84M 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 — $432K.
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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 | 66.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 74.8 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 58.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 87.5 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
GMI PAC, INC.
Total money from this network
$161,250
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
1.0%
Amount from this network
$33,000
Total from all networks
$3,229,581
Networks contributing
622
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Who funds Wyden
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,612,177
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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
99.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
$17K
Distinct donors
14
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
0.90%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$3K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$3K
M FINANCIAL
$2K
ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES
$1K
JENNER BLOCK LLP
$1K
JKJ FINANCIAL SERVICES
$1K
M FINANCIAL
$1K
MORRISON COHEN LLP
$1K
MULLIN BARENS SANFORD FINANCIAL
$1K
PILLAR INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE ADVISOR
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$3.61M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
GENERAL MOTORS
$3.03M
EY
$3.01M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
CHARTER
$2.51M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.17M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.02M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.92M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.89M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.86M
FORD MOTOR
$1.57M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.52M
THE ANTHEM COMPANIES
$1.52M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.50M
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$1.41M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.37M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ronald Lee Wyden comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
GMI PAC, INC.
$108K
PARTY_C00813238
$62
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
177 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.24M to Ronald Lee Wyden across 217 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.24M
Shared contributors
177
Contributions
217
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 174 | 209 | $665K |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 | $572K |
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Ronald Lee Wyden'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