John Karl Fetterman
Democrat
· PA Senate · 118th Congress
Federal Workforce (Chair) · and Regulatory Affairs (Chair) · Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe · Senate Committee on Agriculture · and Forestry · Risk Management · and Trade · Specialty Crops · and Research · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Innovation · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Influence Score
74.3
Highly exposed
↓ -13.7
vs 118th (74.3)
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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
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$68,436,968
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$172,814,366
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 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
10.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $33.90M 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 — $68K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 74.3 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.6 | 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
$32,466,018
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
DSCC PA WI VICTORY 2022
Share from this one network
4.7%
Amount from this network
$41,400
Total from all networks
$876,411
Networks contributing
173
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Who funds Fetterman
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$71,074,323
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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
11.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
10.6%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
TYSON FOODS
$250
UPS
$200
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY
$125
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY
$100
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY
$100
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$27
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$27
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$27
BOEING
$25
LEIDOS
$25
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ULINE
$33.65M
BLACKSTONE
$23.39M
CITADEL INVESTMENT
$22.07M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
VALMORE MANAGEMENT
$12.39M
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$10.53M
REYES
$10.22M
BLOOMBERG
$9.96M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$8.00M
PATHWAYS ORG
$7.93M
EMC
$7.50M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.34M
CHARLES SCHWAB
$5.59M
ELECTRICIANS LOCAL 98
$5.50M
MOUNTAIRE
$5.32M
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$5.20M
FAHR
$5.09M
STEPHENS
$5.08M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$5.05M
BALLMER
$5.00M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against John Karl Fetterman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$119.95M
Disclosed outside spending
$57.33M
Dark-money outside spending
$62.62M
Share that is dark money
52.20%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$7.17M
Groups hiding their donors
36
By funding network
SLF PAC
$54.18M
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ACTION
$14.43M
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$8.34M
SMP
$4.00M
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN INC.
$3.42M
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$3.24M
CFFE PAC
$3.18M
NRSC
$2.78M
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
$2.70M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$2.07M
FF PAC
$2.02M
RJC VICTORY FUND
$1.80M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.54M
OUR AMERICAN CENTURY
$1.50M
WORKERS VOTE
$1.30M
Groups that hide their donors
$47.56M
$4.00M
$2.74M
$2.07M
$1.01M
$784K
$428K
4 smaller groups under $500
$941
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
DENIS OLEARY
$6K
ALLYSON Y HON SCHWARTZ
$3K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
UNITEMIZED UNITEMIZED
$1.31M
PAUL SCHILLING
$600K
FALCON
$600K
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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.
415 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $536K to John Karl Fetterman across 688 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$536K
Shared contributors
415
Contributions
688
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 357 | 576 | $335K |
| 2024 | 40 | 75 | $98K |
| 2026 | 27 | 37 | $103K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for John Karl Fetterman or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARRIE ADAMS | Communications Director & Senior Advisor, Sen. Fetterman, Deputy Digital Directo… | THE AI POLICY NETWORK INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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John Karl Fetterman'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