Tina Smith
Democrat
· MN Senate · 116th Congress
Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · Senate Committee on Banking (Chair) · and Community Development (Chair) · Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe · and Forestry · Risk Management · and Trade · Specialty Crops · and Research · Local Food Systems · and Food Safety and Security · and Food Safety · and Agriculture Security · and Credit · and Urban Affairs · and Investment · Senate Committee on Finance · and Global Competitiveness · Senate Committee on Health · and Pensions · Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Influence Score
70.8
Highly exposed
↓ -0.1
vs 118th (53.4)
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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
3.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,759,076
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$354,783
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.5
/ 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
1.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $60.01M 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 — $120K.
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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 | 70.8 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 68.4 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 53.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 53.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$10,000
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
1.7%
Amount from this network
$7,500
Total from all networks
$447,024
Networks contributing
156
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Who funds Smith
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$13,934,303
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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
0.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
Times money arrived near a vote
1
Money that arrived near votes
$3K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.40%
Biggest clusters of timed money
KEY INVESTMENT
$3K
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
$200
MAYO CLINIC
$100
MAYO CLINIC
$50
MAYO CLINIC
$50
MAYO CLINIC
$50
MAYO CLINIC
$50
FRANDSEN FINANCIAL
$25
MAYO CLINIC
$25
MAYO CLINIC
$25
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.89M
KPMG LLP
$1.32M
CVS HEALTH
$1.27M
ROCKET MORTGAGE
$1.16M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.16M
CVS HEALTH
$1.11M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.09M
AT T SERVICES
$1.06M
ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP
$1.00M
BLOOMBERG
$1.00M
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$955K
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$948K
REGIONS BANK
$927K
AT T SERVICES
$885K
VISA U S A
$881K
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASN
$870K
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NA
$816K
CIGNA
$797K
FMR
$696K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Tina Smith comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$129K
Disclosed outside spending
$126K
Dark-money outside spending
$2K
Share that is dark money
1.88%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MINNESOTA POLITICAL ACTION FUND
$413K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$333K
ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER MINNESOTA FEDERAL PAC
$279K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC
$242K
RIGHT NOW USA
$160K
AMERICAS PAC
$142K
VALOR AMERICA
$102K
HEARTLAND FUND
$73K
LIUNA MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA/LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA & NORTH DAKOTA
$67K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$59K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$43K
UNITED WE CAN
$42K
AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION TREASURY FUND
$23K
UNIDOS WE WIN PAC
$13K
JDCA PAC
$11K
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
4 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $11K to Tina Smith across 6 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$11K
Shared contributors
4
Contributions
6
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | $100 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 | $11K |
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Revolving Door
7 former staff members
who worked for Tina Smith or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATHERINE FINLEY | Staff Director, Senate Special Aging Committee; Senior Health Policy Advisor, Se… | THORN RUN PARTNERS | 12 | 119 | 2023–2025 |
| ROBERT EPPLIN | LD Sen. Collins; LA Sen. Smith; Analyst, OMB Budget Review Division; Prof Staff,… | EPPLIN STRATEGIC PLANNING | 4 | 26 | 2023–2025 |
| ROBERT EPPLIN | LD Sen. Collins; LA Sen. Smith; Analyst, OMB Budget Review Division; Prof Staff,… | KED STRATEGIES, LLC | 4 | 34 | 2023–2025 |
| ANJALI TADAVARTHY | Paid Intern - Washington DC Office of Senator Tina Smith | LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC | 3 | 5 | 2025–2025 |
| MOLLY O'LEARY | US Senator Tina Smith, Legislative Assistant; US Senator Al Franken, Legislative… | SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION | 1 | 6 | 2023–2024 |
| MARCUS SAWYERS | Senior Confidential Advisor: Congressman John Lewis Deputy Director of schedulin… | THE RABEN GROUP | 1 | 3 | 2024–2024 |
| MARY FERNANDES | AAAS/APA Congressional Fellow, (Office of Senator Tina Smith (MN) September 1 20… | JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Tina Smith'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