Mike Kelly
Republican
· PA-16 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Ways and Means
Influence Score
63.8
Moderately exposed
↑ +2.0
vs 118th (61.7)
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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
6.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,664
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,008
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.9
/ 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
12.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$504 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$110 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $45.81M 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 — $92K.
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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 | 47.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 58.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 61.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$64,000
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.7%
Amount from this network
$40,500
Total from all networks
$2,334,360
Networks contributing
401
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Who funds Kelly
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,172,795
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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
0.0%
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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
3
Money that arrived near votes
$8K
Distinct donors
3
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.71%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BANK OZK
$3K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$1K
CVS HEALTH
$500
ENTERPRISE BANK
$500
INTEGRITY REALTY AND INVESTMENT SERVIC
$500
EVIDENT FINANCIAL
$250
ABBVIE
$175
LIFE INSURANCE ESTATE PLANNING
$175
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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
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
EY
$3.01M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.93M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.91M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.86M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.60M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.55M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.53M
THE ANTHEM COMPANIES
$1.52M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mike Kelly comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$14K
Disclosed outside spending
$14K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.06%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$134K
DCCC
$54K
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$10K
PA COMMON SENSE
$7K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$5K
TEA PARTY PATRIOTS CITIZENS FUND
$1K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PAC
$525
DEMOCRACY PAC
$75
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.
15 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $451K to Mike Kelly across 19 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$451K
Shared contributors
15
Contributions
19
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | $60K |
| 2024 | 13 | 14 | $307K |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $84K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Mike Kelly or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ED GERAK | Senator Sinema, Senator Kelly, Congressman Grijalva, Congressman Ciscomani and C… | IRRIGATION AND ELECTRICAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA, INC. | 1 | 4 | 2023–2025 |
| JENELL BIGGS SMOLOVA | AZ members: Ciscomani, Biggs, Crane, Gosar, Hamadeh, Senator Mark Kelly and Sen … | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | 1 | 6 | 2023–2025 |
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Mike Kelly 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