Greg Stanton
Representative · D-AZ-4
OverviewMoney & Influence
8 former staff now lobby Stanton's office.
Former employees have moved to lobbying firms connected to this member's work.
$1.2M raised$592 avg donation85% from AZ8 former staff → lobbyists
Key Findings
8 former staff now work as lobbyists
Multiple former employees have moved to lobbying firms, 5 with high-confidence matches.
17% of PAC money comes from regulated industries
Some funding comes from industries within this member's committee jurisdiction.
51% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
85% of donations come from AZ
The majority of funding comes from within the member's home state.
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 — Greg Stanton'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
Transportation is the largest PAC sector at $375K from 212 PACs.
Industry PACs
$926KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$233KHow much power this member brokers
Getting Results By Engaging The Grassroots Pac
Raised: $33KSpent: $33K
Getting Results By Engaging The Grassroots Pac
Raised: $76KSpent: $75K
Getting Results By Engaging The Grassroots (greg Pac)
Raised: $84KSpent: $93K
Getting Results By Engaging The Grassroots (greg Pac)
Raised: $39KSpent: $11K
Top Individual Donors
$2.7MNamed people writing checks
Tan, Rongchan↗$15K
AZ · Not Employed · 17xAZ · Snell & Wilmer L.l.p. · 7x
Kafer, Norma F↗$14K
AZ · Not Employed · 5xAZ · Lincoln Institute Of Land Policy · 4x
Gordon, James H↗$14K
AZ · Gpw · 5xAZ · Rmb Iii Consultancy · 4x
Stanton
Transportation and Infrastructure
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Congress
626
Economics and Public Finance
574
Armed Forces and National Security
366
International Affairs
252
Government Operations and Politics
223
Crime and Law Enforcement
160
The Revolving Door
Alexander Blair — temporary employee → Corcoran Street Group; The Vogel Group; Intersection↗(43 filings)
David D. Brown — shared employee → Constellation Energy Generation, Llc; America Outdoors Association; University Of Southern California↗(36 filings)
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.