Richard Mccormick
Republican
· GA-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Science (Chair) · House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · and Technology
Influence Score
51.2
Moderately exposed
↑ +1.6
vs 118th (49.6)
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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
2.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$644,900
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$493,139
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.1
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.1
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
< 0.1
/ 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
10.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,004 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$6 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $50.10M 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 — $100K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 49.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 51.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$178,060
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.
Share from this one network
5.1%
Amount from this network
$57,500
Total from all networks
$1,118,566
Networks contributing
211
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Who funds Mccormick
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
1.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
44.1%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
12
Money that arrived near votes
$26K
Distinct donors
14
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
0.88%
Biggest clusters of timed money
DAVIS POLK
$7K
SANKRANTI VENSAI TECHNOLOGIES
$4K
ATTORNEY AT LAW
$3K
SANKRANTI VENSAI TECHNOLOGIES
$2K
FALCON CYBER
$2K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$2K
FORTE DATA SYSTEMS
$1K
GOKARE LAW FIRM
$1K
ORACLE ERP CLOUD
$1K
SANKRANTI VENSAI TECHNOLOGIES
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SIG
$15.01M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
HOMEMAKER
$2.20M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
HARRIS
$2.04M
MOUNTAIRE
$2.03M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.02M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.91M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
GOOGLE
$1.46M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.38M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.28M
BLOOMBERG
$1.25M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Richard Mccormick comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.14M
Disclosed outside spending
$782K
Dark-money outside spending
$357K
Share that is dark money
31.30%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$3.51M
DCCC
$2.87M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$1.12M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$604K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$604K
TRAILBLAZER PAC
$389K
WOMEN VOTE
$250K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$207K
HEALTHCARE FREEDOM SUPER PAC
$141K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$124K
LONE STAR LIBERTY PAC
$90K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$63K
SLF PAC
$63K
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS
$50K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$15K
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$427
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.
99 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $278K to Richard Mccormick across 129 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$278K
Shared contributors
99
Contributions
129
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31 | 43 | $45K |
| 2024 | 67 | 71 | $179K |
| 2026 | 13 | 15 | $54K |
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Richard Mccormick sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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