Randy Feenstra
Republican
· IA-4 · 117th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Credit · and Biotechnology · and Poultry · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
69.3
Highly exposed
↑ +10.5
vs 118th (66.3)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,686,578
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$115
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.3
/ 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
11.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.6
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $50.74M 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 — $101K.
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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 | 69.3 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 66.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 76.8 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$133,185
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.0%
Amount from this network
$39,000
Total from all networks
$3,749,521
Networks contributing
539
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Who funds Feenstra
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,617,507
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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
97.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
87.2%
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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
29
Money that arrived near votes
$85K
Distinct donors
41
Distinct employers
22
Share of their total fundraising
4.19%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$7K
FORTRESS INVESTMENT
$7K
FRONTIER BANK
$7K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
AMERICAN STATE BANK
$3K
APOLLO INSURANCE SOLUTIONS
$3K
BOSTON MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
$3K
BRIGHTHOUSE FINANCIAL
$3K
GLOBAL ATLANTIC FINANCIAL
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.40M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.01M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
HOMEMAKER
$2.57M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
HOMEMAKER
$2.11M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Randy Feenstra comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$154K
Disclosed outside spending
$144K
Dark-money outside spending
$10K
Share that is dark money
6.37%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
PRIORITIES FOR IOWA POLITICAL FUND
$339K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$129K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$61K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$22K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$7K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICA
$222
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)
$9
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
AMERICA S PROMISE
$4.73M
BLAINE FOR CONGRESS
$1.51M
CISCOMANI FOR CONGRESS
$24K
ROB FOR PA
$20K
ELECTGABEEVANS COM
$20K
MACKENZIE FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
$20K
GLEN FEINGOLD
$19K
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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.
83 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $607K to Randy Feenstra across 117 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$607K
Shared contributors
83
Contributions
117
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37 | 47 | $315K |
| 2024 | 56 | 67 | $187K |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $104K |
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Randy Feenstra's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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