Marsha Blackburn
Republican
· TN Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Commerce (Chair) · Product Safety (Chair) · and Data Security (Chair) · and Data Privacy (Chair) · and the Law (Chair) · Joint Economic Committee · Senate Committee on Armed Services · and Transportation · and Broadband · and the Internet · and Consumer Protection · Climate Change · and Manufacturing · and Competitiveness · and Export Promotion · Senate Committee on Finance · and Family Policy · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Competition Policy and Consumer Rights · and Consumer Rights · and Border Safety
Influence Score
83.6
Highly 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
7.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$492,774
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.8
/ 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
10.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
9.5
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$48,089 direct
NORPAC
$42,380 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $95.76M 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 — $192K.
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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 | 85.8 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 63.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 42.2 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 83.5 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$68,000
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
$48,089
Total from all networks
$2,868,480
Networks contributing
512
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Who funds Blackburn
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
98.3%
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
47
Money that arrived near votes
$154K
Distinct donors
76
Distinct employers
37
Share of their total fundraising
0.70%
Biggest clusters of timed money
RDV
$40K
PRESCOTT INVESTORS
$10K
ADVANCE FINANCIAL
$7K
INTERNATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE
$7K
ROUTE ONE INVESTMENT
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
LANIER LAW FIRM
$5K
BOYLE INVESTMENT
$5K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
BOEING
$4.39M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.94M
CHARTER
$2.65M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.86M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.71M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.69M
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$1.67M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.53M
THE ANTHEM COMPANIES
$1.52M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.48M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Marsha Blackburn comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SMP
$8.28M
GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC PAC
$8.18M
SLF PAC
$4.40M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$3.01M
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$1.00M
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$624K
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC
$386K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$320K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$111K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
$106K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$102K
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
$100K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$54K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$47K
THE NEW AMERICAN POPULIST PAC
$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.
225 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $921K to Marsha Blackburn across 570 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$921K
Shared contributors
225
Contributions
570
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 59 | $7K |
| 2024 | 216 | 425 | $911K |
| 2026 | 6 | 86 | $3K |
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Marsha Blackburn'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