Kelly Morrison
Representative · D-MN-3
OverviewMoney & Influence
$269K raised.
Here's where it came from and where it went.
$269K raised$582 avg donation85% from MN
Key Findings
61% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
85% of donations come from MN
The majority of funding comes from within the member's home state.
No revolving door connections detected
No former staff were matched to registered lobbyists.
Low committee-donor overlap
PAC funding shows minimal connection to industries regulated by this member's committee.
How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
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How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
How It Works
The Influence Pipeline
How money flows to — and through — Kelly Morrison's office.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
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The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
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The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
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The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
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🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
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The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
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The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
The cycle repeats.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
05
🚪
The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
06
📋
The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
The cycle repeats.
Follow the Money
Education is the largest PAC sector at $58K from 16 PACs.
Industry PACs
$138KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$80KHow much power this member brokers
10000 Lakes Pac
Raised: $65KSpent: $44K
10000 Lakes Pac
Raised: $15KSpent: $11K
Top Individual Donors
$2.3MNamed people writing checks
MN · Not Employed · 8x
Grossman, Tom↗$17K
MN · Metropolitan Corp · 5xMN · Not Employed · 7x
MN · Not Employed · 6x
MN · Breazeale Group · 4x
MN · Callanish Capital · 5x
Morrison
Veterans' Affairs, Small Business
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Congress
113
Economics and Public Finance
52
Energy
32
Armed Forces and National Security
31
Crime and Law Enforcement
24
Public Lands and Natural Resources
24
Deep Dive
How we built this & what it doesn't prove
- • Donor data from FEC filings (9.47M individual contributions)
- • Voting records from Congress.gov roll call data
- • Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings
- • Staff employment from House disbursement records
Correlation between donations and votes does not prove causation. Members may vote in alignment with donors because they share genuine policy beliefs, not because of financial influence. We present the connections — you decide what they mean.