Bernie Moreno
Senator · R-OH
OverviewMoney & Influence
$1.2M raised.
Here's where it came from and where it went.
$1.2M raised$384 avg donation45% from OH
Key Findings
55% of donations come from outside OH
More than half of funding comes from out-of-state donors.
17% of PAC money comes from regulated industries
Some funding comes from industries within this member's committee jurisdiction.
68% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
No revolving door connections detected
No former staff were matched to registered lobbyists.
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 — Bernie Moreno's office.
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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
Top individual donor: Schottenstein, Joseph from FL ($36K). Energy is the largest PAC sector at $143K from 106 PACs.
Industry PACs
$408KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$1.0MHow much power this member brokers
Best At Bringing Entrepreneurial Results Never Imagined Or Envisioned Pac
Raised: $842KSpent: $729K
Best At Bringing Entrepreneurial Results Never Imagined Or Envisioned Pac
Raised: $185KSpent: $93K
Top Individual Donors
$14.3MNamed people writing checks
FL · Real Estate · 4x
Pastore, Julie↗$36K
OH · Business Development · 4xDaniels, Bruce↗$36K
OH · Performance Columbus · 4xJesselson, Maya↗$36K
FL · Fluz · 4xOH · Firelands Auto Group · 4x
OH · Wmk Llc · 4x
Moreno
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
51
International Affairs
13
Environmental Protection
13
Transportation and Public Works
12
Finance and Financial Sector
12
Energy
8
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.