Mark Desaulnier
Democrat
· CA-10 · 119th Congress
and Pensions (Chair) · House Committee on Ethics (Chair) · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Secondary Education · House Committee on Education and Workforce · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Committee on Rules · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
49.2
Least exposed
↑ +3.0
vs 118th (46.4)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
3.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$74,378
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$5,250 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $23.61M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $47K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 46.3 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 49.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 46.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 49.4 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$60,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
UNITE THE COUNTRY
Share from this one network
3.5%
Amount from this network
$32,000
Total from all networks
$900,421
Networks contributing
143
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Who funds Desaulnier
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$623,538
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
3.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
55.6%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE
$500
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$500
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
$500
DELTA AIRLINES
$100
LAFAYETTE SCHOOL DISTRICT
$100
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.38M
BOEING
$3.60M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.91M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
UP RAILROAD
$1.70M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.54M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$1.36M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.29M
USPS
$1.29M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mark Desaulnier comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$75K
Disclosed outside spending
$75K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
POLICE AND TROOPER SUPPORT PAC
$68K
THE VETERANS FOUNDATION PAC
$5K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$3K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRACY PAC
$191
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$40
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
32 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $394K to Mark Desaulnier across 71 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$394K
Shared contributors
32
Contributions
71
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14 | 20 | $141K |
| 2024 | 25 | 43 | $231K |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 | $22K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Mark Desaulnier or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARK COPELAND | Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Tammy Duckworth; Legislative Director, Congressma… | O'KEEFFE SHAHMORADI STRATEGIES, LLC | 17 | 129 | 2023–2025 |
| IAN FLUELLEN | Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director for Rep. Stansbury; Legislative Assis… | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (INCLUDING SUBSIDIARIES) | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Mark Desaulnier ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required