Joshua David Hawley
Republican
· MO Senate · 116th Congress
District of Columbia (Chair) · and Census (Chair) · Senate Committee on Armed Services · Senate Committee on Health · and Pensions · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Competition Policy and Consumer Rights · Competition Policy · and Consumer Rights · and the Law · Senate Special Committee on Aging
Influence Score
68.4
Highly exposed
↑ +10.4
vs 118th (41.7)
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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
$2,803,753
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$59,517,958
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.1
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
6.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
8.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$20,629 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $66.85M 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 — $134K.
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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 | 68.4 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 41.7 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 52.1 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
Total money from this network
$995,940
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
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
Share from this one network
27.2%
Amount from this network
$212,520
Total from all networks
$782,714
Networks contributing
99
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Who funds Hawley
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$55,303,208
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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
0.4%
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
36
Money that arrived near votes
$106K
Distinct donors
61
Distinct employers
31
Share of their total fundraising
0.62%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$10K
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
$7K
BLACKROCK ISHARES
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
KIRBY FINANCIAL
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$6K
LANIER LAW FIRM
$5K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$3K
ORION INVESTMENT
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.29M
USPS
$1.22M
NIRVANA TECHNOLOGY
$1.20M
HOMEMAKER
$1.17M
SEQUOIA CAPITAL
$1.00M
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$842K
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$769K
AMERICAN MEDIA
$600K
MCARTHURGLEN
$410K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$406K
ABERDEEN
$400K
BILLION AUTOMOTIVE
$360K
POET
$345K
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS US LLP
$311K
OMAHA FIRE DEPT
$294K
NELSON MULLINS
$278K
EAN
$277K
SCHIEFFER CONSULTING
$250K
HY-VEE
$245K
NEMOURS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL
$229K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Joshua David Hawley comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SMP
$18.04M
WOMEN VOTE
$4.37M
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$3.71M
GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC PAC
$2.93M
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$2.15M
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$708K
PATRIOTS PREVAIL PAC
$379K
SLF PAC
$197K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$99K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$83K
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$60K
LIBERTY FOR US SUPER PAC
$59K
MISSOURI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FEDERAL PAC
$53K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$45K
CATHOLICVOTE.ORG CANDIDATE FUND
$37K
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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.
142 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $867K to Joshua David Hawley across 240 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$867K
Shared contributors
142
Contributions
240
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 42 | $11K |
| 2024 | 126 | 190 | $840K |
| 2026 | 3 | 8 | $15K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Joshua David Hawley or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYAN LEAVITT | Sen. Mike Lee- Special Assistant, Sen. Judiciary Committee- Clerk, Sen. Dean Hel… | BARKER LEAVITT, PLLC (SKA MR. JAMES C. BARKER) | 14 | 71 | 2023–2025 |
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Joshua David Hawley'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