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Elissa Slotkin

Elissa Slotkin

Democrat · MI· In the Senate since 2025 (1 yr)

89A/ 100

Funded by you, not by concentrated money.

Why this grade

Every score is built from money facts you can check. Here's what drove it.

Who funds them63% of grade

34.6% of their money comes from small donors; 2.2% comes from PACs.

Their leadership PAC38% of grade

They run no leadership PAC — a money channel they simply don't use.

Where the money comes from

$342K

Career donations from the seven industries that most often buy influence, and the biggest names in each.

Big Tech$196,028

Google $67K · Apple $41K · Meta $29K · Amazon $27K · Microsoft $17K

Banks & finance$52,444

Goldman Sachs $18K · Blackstone $13K · JPMorgan $11K · Morgan Stanley $5K · BlackRock $4K

Pharma$39,009

Johnson & Johnson $33K · Pfizer $2K · Merck $2K · AbbVie $1K · Amgen $150

Defense$35,450

General Dynamics $11K · Northrop Grumman $9K · Lockheed Martin $8K · Boeing $4K · Raytheon $3K

Telecom$13,912

Comcast $8K · AT&T $5K · Verizon $1K

Oil & energy$4,150

Chevron $4K · Valero $250

Real estate$1,185

CBRE $685 · American Tower $250 · Zillow $250

Source: FEC career receipts. It's all legal. That's the point.

The money votes

On the Senate votes where concentrated money was on the line, here's which way they went. Sided with the money on 1 of 5.

Source: Senate roll-call records. “With the money” means the vote favored the industry whose cash was at stake. It's not a judgment of right or wrong.

How to read the grade

We grade money behavior, not party. Both parties run the full range. We show the averages in the open: the typical Democrat scores 68, the typical Republican 55. Source: FEC receipts (small-donor vs PAC) and leadership-PAC filings. Nothing here alleges a crime. The point is that it's all legal.

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