Maria E. Cantwell
Democrat
· WA Senate · 116th Congress
Senate Committee on Commerce (Chair) · and Transportation (Chair) · Natural Resources (Chair) · and Infrastructure (Chair) · Joint Committee on Taxation · and Innovation · and Fisheries · and Broadband · and the Internet · Product Safety · and Data Security · and Data Privacy · and Consumer Protection · Climate Change · and Manufacturing · and Competitiveness · and Weather · and Safety · and Ports · and Export Promotion · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · and Mining · Senate Committee on Finance · and Global Competitiveness · Senate Committee on Indian Affairs · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Influence Score
90.3
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
0.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$45,205
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
2.9
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
13.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
8.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.6
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $106.23M 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 — $212K.
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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 | 90.3 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 48.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 65.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$17,862
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
4.7%
Amount from this network
$7,500
Total from all networks
$161,309
Networks contributing
58
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Who funds Cantwell
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$13,560,785
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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
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
82.4%
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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
46
Money that arrived near votes
$153K
Distinct donors
79
Distinct employers
32
Share of their total fundraising
1.26%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FEDEX
$17K
UNITED AIRLINES
$13K
A16Z
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
CENTERVIEW
$7K
CONTINENTAL FIDELITY
$7K
TREMONT ASSET MANAGEMENT
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$6K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
USPS
$1.17M
DAVITA
$950K
USPS
$782K
FLORIDA POWER LIGHT
$730K
GILEAD SCIENCES
$484K
HY-VEE
$477K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$446K
NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES
$409K
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
$390K
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE
$330K
WINDSTREAM SERVICES
$246K
BARNES THORNBURG LLP
$243K
DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA
$231K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$219K
NEXTERA ENERGY MARKETING
$214K
NEXTERA PROJECT MGMT
$198K
GRAY TELEVISION
$183K
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS US LLP
$183K
WASTE MANAGEMENT
$173K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Maria E. Cantwell comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$10K
Disclosed outside spending
$10K
Dark-money outside spending
$224
Share that is dark money
2.28%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$224
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$23K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$6K
TOGETHER FOR PROGRESS
$4K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$224
DEMOCRACY PAC
$70
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$38
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$224
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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.
240 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $521K to Maria E. Cantwell across 284 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$521K
Shared contributors
240
Contributions
284
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 16 | $31K |
| 2024 | 222 | 258 | $324K |
| 2026 | 6 | 10 | $166K |
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Maria E. Cantwell 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