Kyrsten Sinema
Independent
· AZ Senate · 119th Congress
Influence Score
0.0
Not scored
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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
0.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$289,715
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$12,750 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,000 direct
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Sinema
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
No sponsor relationships on file.
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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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
BOEING
$4.38M
QUADRIVIUM
$3.85M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.33M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
RIOT GAMES
$2.98M
CHARTER
$2.64M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
HARRIS
$2.32M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
HARRIS
$2.03M
USPS
$2.03M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.91M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.89M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.86M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.84M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Kyrsten Sinema comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
DEFENDARIZONA
$13.93M
NRSC
$6.71M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$2.91M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$1.95M
DEMOCRACY PAC
$1.66M
GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC PAC
$503K
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$498K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$484K
WOMEN VOTE
$287K
WORKER POWER
$279K
UNITE HERE ARIZONA
$271K
CHANGE FOR ARIZONA 2024 PAC
$255K
GIFFORDS PAC
$200K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$176K
TERM LIMITS ACTION
$164K
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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.
255 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $539K to Kyrsten Sinema across 390 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$539K
Shared contributors
255
Contributions
390
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 62 | 101 | $152K |
| 2024 | 211 | 289 | $388K |
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Revolving Door
7 former staff members
who worked for Kyrsten Sinema or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARGARET JOSEPH | CoS for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, CoS for Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, CoS for Rep. Bobby Bri… | TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC | 68 | 627 | 2023–2025 |
| CHRIS LEUCHTEN | LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema; Policy Aide, Sen. Mark Begich; La… | ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC | 11 | 21 | 2025–2025 |
| DANIEL WINKLER | Legislative Fellow, , Staff Assistant, Legislative Aide - Congresswoman Kyrsten … | HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP | 8 | 18 | 2025–2025 |
| KATE GONZALES | Policy Advisor, Sen. Sinema; Legislative Aide, Rep. Sinema; Legislative Correspo… | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | 3 | 3 | 2023–2025 |
| ED GERAK | Senator Sinema, Senator Kelly, Congressman Grijalva, Congressman Ciscomani and C… | IRRIGATION AND ELECTRICAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA, INC. | 1 | 4 | 2023–2025 |
| JUAN MEJIA | Senator Kyrsten Sinema; AZ REPS: Grijalva, Gosar,Biggs,Schweikert, Crane, Ciscom… | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | 1 | 1 | 2023–2024 |
| JENELL BIGGS SMOLOVA | Rebecca Higgins at Senate Environment and Public Works; Senator Kyrsten Sinema; … | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | 1 | 10 | 2023–2025 |
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Kyrsten Sinema is not scored: there is no usable voting record to rank against — either the vote and contribution records have not yet been matched to this member, or this is a non-voting delegate. This is the absence of a score, not a finding of low exposure.
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