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Learn how specific individuals are influencing public policy. Each profile below is carefully curated by an InfluenceWatch contributor, and includes funding data where appropriate.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Activist, Politician, Healthcare Policy
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., son of former U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) and a member of the Kennedy political family, is an environmental activist,…
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Hillary Clinton

Activist, Lawyer, Politician, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Hillary Clinton is a former First Lady of the United States, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State.
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Joe Biden

Politician, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr., is a Democratic politician and the 46th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 2021 until January 20,…
View Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders

Activist, Politician, Abortion Policy, Economic Policy, Elections Policy, Firearms Policy, Healthcare Policy, Labor Policy
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders is a Vermont politician, serving as the state's senior United States Senator. Sanders ran for the Democratic Party nomination for President of…
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Barack Obama

Activist, Politician, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism), Multi-Issue Advocacy
Barack Obama is a Democratic politician who served as the 44th President of the United States, as U.S. Senator from Illinois, and as an Illinois…
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Kamala Harris

Lawyer, Politician, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Kamala Harris is Democratic politician from California. Before her election to the Vice Presidency of the United States in the Biden administration, she was a…
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Andrew Cuomo

Politician, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Andrew Cuomo is a Democratic politician best known as the former governor of New York. Cuomo resigned as governor in August 2021 after a series…
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Bill Clinton

Politician, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Bill Clinton is a Democratic politician who served as President of the United States from January 20, 1993 until January 20, 2001. He is the…
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Michael Bloomberg

Activist, Donor, Other, Politician
Michael Bloomberg is a former three-term mayor of New York City and unsuccessful candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Bloomberg, a billionaire financier and…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Politician, Environmental Policy, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known as “AOC,” is a Democratic politician and a leader of the left wing of the House Democratic Caucus. In 2018, she…
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Jan Koum

Board Member or Executive, Politician, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Jan Koum is a billionaire technology entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the mobile messaging platform WhatsApp. A naturalized…
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Joe Scarborough

Journalist, Lawyer, Politician
Joe Scarborough is an attorney, former U.S. Representative, and a media personality who hosts the MSNBC show “Morning Joe” with Mika Brzezinski. Scarborough was elected…
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Xavier Becerra

Lawyer, Politician, Abortion Policy, Healthcare Policy, Immigration Policy
Xavier Becerra is a Democratic politician, former Congressman, and former attorney general of California, who previously served as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human…
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Lukas Walton

Board Member or Executive, Politician, Environmental Policy
Lukas Walton is the grandson of Sam Walton, founder of Walmart. As of February 2022, Forbes ranks Walton as the 41st wealthiest living person.
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Bill de Blasio

Politician, Foreign Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Bill de Blasio is a New York City Democratic politician who served as mayor of New York City from 2014 through 2021 after serving lesser…
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George W. Bush

Politician
George Walker Bush is a Republican politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States and 46th Governor of Texas. He served two…
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Ralph Nader

Activist, Politician, Environmental Policy, Foreign Policy, Multi-Issue Advocacy
Ralph Nader is an American environmentalist and consumers’-interests activist and left-of-center politician. Though he affiliates with neither major party, his views are generally considered left-wing…
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Elizabeth Warren

Politician, Economic Policy
Elizabeth Warren is a Democratic politician who has served as U.S. Senator from Massachusetts since 2012 and is a well-known leader of the left-progressive faction…
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Zohran Mamdani

Politician
Zohran Mamdani is a New York City Democratic politician who will take office as the 111th Mayor of New York City in 2026. He served…
View Al Gore

Al Gore

Politician, Energy Policy, Environmental Policy
Albert Arnold “Al” Gore Jr. is a Democratic Party politician and environmentalist activist. He has served as a U.S. Representative, United States Senator from Tennessee,…

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