BIG DATA: Donations from Pharma Industry and Employees, US Senate Edition.
Want to know which senators get the most pharma employee donations? Read on for more.
Here are the all-time numbers of pharma cash given to our senators.
*This data includes PACs and individual donations and also includes supplement makers.
Some make a lot more in a short amount of time than others. For example, in just 3 years Raphael Warnock has received over $1.7m in pharma cash, while Mitch McConnell has accrued over $2m over 40 years. Source: OpenSecrets
We include the year first elected to office in this list for perspective.
The biggest recipients of all time recipients are no longer in the Senate, but their impact on public health policy has been profound.
TOP 7 All-time Senate Pharma Cash Recipients
Harris Kamala (D)
$11,341,349.00
Biden Joe (D)
$9,128,291.00
Obama Barack (D)
$6,041,678.00
Clinton Hillary (D-NY)
$4,622,654.00
Romney Mitt (R-UT)
$3,378,614.00
Hatch Orrin G (R-UT)
$2,878,132.00
Casey Bob (D-PA)
$2,063,304.00
2025 In-Office Senate Pharma Cash Recipients
McConnell Mitch (R-KY), Kentucky, 1984
$2,027,732.00
Sanders Bernie (I-VT), Vermont, 2006
$1,953,613.00
Warnock Raphael (D-GA), Georgia, 2021
$1,763,425.00
Murray Patty (D-WA), Washington, 1992
$1,616,081.00
Schumer Charles E (D-NY), New York, 1998
$1,557,928.00
Blackburn Marsha (R-TN), Tennessee, 2018
$1,380,138.00
Cassidy Bill (R-LA), Louisiana, 2014
$1,230,679.00
Warren Elizabeth (D-MA), Massachusetts, 2012
$1,224,145.00
Wyden Ron (D-OR), Oregon, 1996
$1,207,873.00
Cornyn John (R-TX), Texas, 2002
$1,133,363.00
Scott Tim (R-SC), South Carolina, 2013
$1,128,425.00
Ossoff Jon (D-GA), Georgia, 2021
$1,100,870.00
Kelly Mark (D-AZ), Arizona, 2020
$1,041,405.00
Grassley Chuck (R-IA), Iowa, 1980
$1,013,856.00
Crapo Mike (R-ID), Idaho, 1998
$938,784.00
Young Todd (R-IN), Indiana, 2016
$934,751.00
Tillis Thom (R-NC), North Carolina, 2014
$914,944.00
Barrasso John (R-WY), Wyoming, 2007
$908,952.00
Klobuchar Amy (D-MN), Minnesota, 2006
$848,967.00
Peters Gary (D-MI), Michigan, 2014
$812,919.00
Coons Chris (D-DE), Delaware, 2010
$764,073.00
Cruz Ted (R-TX), Texas, 2012
$730,335.00
Bennet Michael (D-CO), Colorado, 2009
$730,106.00
Graham Lindsey (R-SC), South Carolina, 2002
$725,856.00
Thune John (R-SD), South Dakota, 2004
$666,492.00
Markey Ed (D-MA), Massachusetts, 2013
$661,442.00
Warner Mark (D-VA), Virginia, 2008
$654,210.00
Gillibrand Kirsten (D-NY), New York, 2009
$651,271.00
Booker Cory (D-NJ), New Jersey, 2013
$647,125.00
Rosen Jacky (D-NV), Nevada, 2018
$628,450.00
Curtis John (R-UT), Utah, 2020
$616,347.00
Kaine Tim (D-VA), Virginia, 2012
$609,514.00
Collins Susan M (R-ME), Maine, 1996
$608,797.00
Baldwin Tammy (D-WI), Wisconsin, 2012
$575,914.00
Masto Catherine Cortez (D-NV), Nevada, 2016
$537,781.00
Heinrich Martin (D-NM), New Mexico, 2012
$501,518.00
Daines Steven (R-MT), Montana, 2014
$469,268.00
Hassan Maggie (D-NH), New Hampshire, 2016
$467,999.00
Mullin Markwayne (R-OK), Oklahoma, 2022
$440,498.00
Shaheen Jeanne (D-NH), New Hampshire, 2008
$428,696
Schiff Adam (D-CA), California, 2024
$426,743.00
Lee Mike (R-UT), Utah, 2010
$406,783.00
Fetterman John (D-PA), Pennsylvania, 2022
$400,382.00
Van Hollen Chris (D-MD), Maryland, 2016
$399,490.00
Ernst Joni (R-IA), Iowa, 2014
$383,524.00
Capito Shelley Moore (R-WV), West Virginia, 2014
$378,181.00
Lujan Ben Ray (D-NM), New Mexico, 2020
$375,652.00
Johnson Ron (R-WI), Wisconsin, 2010
$369,440.00
Duckworth Tammy (D-IL), Illinois, 2016
$368,659.00
Durbin Dick (D-IL), Illinois, 1996
$367,260.00
Blumenthal Richard (D-CT), Connecticut, 2010
$359,427.00
Murphy Christopher S (D-CT), Connecticut, 2012
$357,867.00
Whitehouse Sheldon (D-RI), Rhode Island, 2006
$351,361.00
Murkowski Lisa (R-AK), Alaska, 2002
$349,777.00
Cantwell Maria (D-WA), Washington, 2000
$338,134.00
Slotkin Elissa (D-MI), Michigan, 2024
$337,332.00
Kim Andy (D-NJ), New Jersey, 2024
$326,024.00
Hickenlooper John (D-CO), Colorado, 2020
$317,713.00
Gallego Ruben (D-AZ), Arizona, 2024
$316,393.00
Wicker Roger (R-MS), Mississippi, 2007
$299,388.00
Moran Jerry (R-KS), Kansas, 2010
$290,075.00
Paul Rand (R-KY), Kentucky, 2010
$269,653.00
Lankford James (R-OK), Oklahoma, 2014
$259,570.00
Kennedy John (R-LA), Louisiana, 2016
$238,916.00
Fischer Deb (R-NE), Nebraska, 2012
$238,014.00
Hoeven John (R-ND), North Dakota, 2010
$234,728.00
Banks Jim (R-IN), Indiana, 2024
$232,210.00
Smith Tina (D-MN), Minnesota, 2018
$226,444.00
Marshall Roger (R-KS), Kansas, 2020
$220,043.00
Hirono Mazie K (D-HI), Hawaii, 2012
$203,483.00
Hagerty Bill (R-TN), Tennessee, 2020
$198,524.00
Scott Rick (R-FL), Florida, 2018
$197,984.00
Boozman John (R-AR), Arkansas, 2010
$197,925.00
Padilla Alex (D-CA), California, 2021
$191,488.00
Cotton Tom (R-AR), Arkansas, 2014
$182,643.00
Welch Peter (D-VT), Vermont, 2023
$176,917.00
Reed Jack (D-RI), Rhode Island, 1996
$154,401.00
Budd Ted (R-NC), North Carolina, 2022
$143,135.00
Sullivan Dan (R-AK), Alaska, 2014
$134,989.00
Hawley Josh (R-MO), Missouri, 2018
$130,492.00
Merkley Jeff (D-OR), Oregon, 2008
$128,904.00
Rounds Mike (R-SD), South Dakota, 2014
$124,269.00
McCormick Dave (R-PA), Pennsylvania, 2024
$117,261.00
Cramer Kevin (R-ND), North Dakota, 2018
$107,997.00
King Angus (I-ME), Maine, 2012
$106,391.00
Britt Katie Boyd (R-AL), Alabama, 2022
$99,936.00
Alsobrooks Angela (D-MD), Maryland, 2024
$96,643.00
Schatz Brian (D-HI), Hawaii, 2012
$89,391.00
Moreno Bernie (R-OH), Ohio, 2024
$88,627.00
Sheehy Tim (R-MT), Montana, 2024
$88,254.00
Risch James E (R-ID), Idaho, 2008
$83,716.00
Schmitt Eric (R-MO), Missouri, 2022
$79,865.00
Hyde-Smith Cindy (R-MS), Mississippi, 2018
$49,045.00
Tuberville Tommy (R-AL), Alabama, 2020
$40,680.00
Lummis Cynthia (R-WY), Wyoming, 2020
$39,090.00
Ricketts Pete (R-NE), Nebraska, 2024
$34,797.00
Justice Jim (R-WV), West Virginia, 2024
$21,410.00
John Husted (R-OH), Ohio, 2024
Ashley Moody (R-FL), Florida, 2024
Please keep these numbers in mind as you watch the current RFK Jr. Senate Hearings.
Download the full list of senators and their pharma contributions here or get it from Open Secrets.
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So, to raise what seems like an obvious question - how can a group of people with obvious conflicts of interest, be given the responsibility of voting on the approval / disapproval of the head of the HHS, knowing their support or lack of support may affect their future rewards from these pharmaceutical companies? Thank God for platforms like this that expose this insanity.
Yes, this LIST is important, BUT we need the DATA between 2019 and 2024, not old stuff, which doesn't not even include inflation...
It would be optimal if the entire senate committee having the decisive impact on that imrpotant decision, whom to choose, was consisting of members who in total have ZERO campaign, etc., etc., contributions from PHARMA, or anyone for that matter. They get their HIGH PAID salaries (and that many of them retirees..), enough is enough. Does any father or mother of raising children get even a penny from Eli Lilly?? On the contrary, every penny needs to be hard earned!
As a side note, feel pity with those who carry that cheap name, Penny, now to be erased due to copper shortage..