Frank J. Mrvan
Democrat
· IN-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Pensions · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
67.4
Moderately exposed
↑ +10.3
vs 118th (57.1)
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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
9.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$324,680
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,190,091
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
2.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
9.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,995 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $141.30M 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 — $283K.
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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 | 52.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 57.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 67.4 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$2,050,616
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
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
2.1%
Amount from this network
$59,000
Total from all networks
$2,767,666
Networks contributing
427
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Who funds Mrvan
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,957,411
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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
9.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.7%
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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
44
Money that arrived near votes
$108K
Distinct donors
54
Distinct employers
36
Share of their total fundraising
6.12%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES
$7K
IBM RESEARCH RETIRED
$7K
JACOBS INVESTMENT
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
PROMONTORY FINANCIAL
$7K
TWILIO
$7K
RIPPLE
$6K
CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES
$3K
GOOGLE
$3K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$22.26M
NEWSWEB
$16.32M
BLOOMBERG
$13.11M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$11.00M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.69M
REYES
$9.21M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.51M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.10M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.51M
MOUNTAIRE
$5.50M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
BOEING
$4.43M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Frank J. Mrvan comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7.60M
Disclosed outside spending
$7.51M
Dark-money outside spending
$88K
Share that is dark money
1.15%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$16K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
SLF PAC
$6.34M
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$610K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$284K
UNITE AMERICA REFORM FUND
$110K
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC
$96K
ELECT HONEST LEADERSHIP PAC
$93K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$71K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$64K
MIDDLE CLASS VALUES PAC
$32K
WORKING AMERICA
$16K
INDIANA LEADS PAC
$12K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$11K
USW WORKS
$11K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$6K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$341
Groups that hide their donors
$16K
1 smaller group under $500
$341
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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.
54 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $98K to Frank J. Mrvan across 97 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$98K
Shared contributors
54
Contributions
97
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23 | 33 | $39K |
| 2024 | 36 | 51 | $50K |
| 2026 | 5 | 13 | $9K |
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Frank J. Mrvan 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