Mark Warner
Democrat
· VA Senate · 117th Congress
Senate Committee on Banking (Chair) · and Investment (Chair) · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Chair) · Joint Committee on the Library · and Urban Affairs · Senate Committee on Finance · Natural Resources · and Infrastructure · and Global Competitiveness · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · Senate Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
84.1
Most 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
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$10,274
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$211,500
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
1.8
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 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
12.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.4
/ 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
8.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$2,500 direct
CITYPAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $182.20M 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 — $364K.
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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 | 69.5 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 84.1 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 49.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 86.8 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$50,000
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
0.8%
Amount from this network
$25,000
Total from all networks
$3,007,474
Networks contributing
575
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Who funds Warner
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$13,466,242
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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
98.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
83.3%
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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
50
Money that arrived near votes
$170K
Distinct donors
72
Distinct employers
36
Share of their total fundraising
3.81%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKROCK
$8K
1ST FINANCIAL BANK USA
$7K
BLACKROCK
$7K
BLACKROCK
$7K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
KHOSLA VENTURES
$7K
KLEIN FINANCIAL
$7K
MORGAN STANLEY
$7K
NEA
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.31M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
HARRIS
$2.32M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.04M
HARRIS
$2.03M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.88M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.86M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.86M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.71M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.55M
THE ANTHEM COMPANIES
$1.52M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.50M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.48M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mark Warner comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$88
Disclosed outside spending
$0
Dark-money outside spending
$88
Share that is dark money
100.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$80
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
RESTORATION PAC
$106K
AUGUST PAC
$6K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$1K
PARTY_C00406447
$242
JDCA PAC
$167
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
LCV VICTORY FUND
$80
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$88
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
238 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $512K to Mark Warner across 300 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$512K
Shared contributors
238
Contributions
300
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 5 | $11K |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | $27K |
| 2026 | 229 | 281 | $474K |
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Mark Warner ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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