Diana Harshbarger
Republican
· TN-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Labor · and Pensions · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Homeland Security · Infrastructure Protection · and Innovation · and Accountability
Influence Score
45.9
Least exposed
↓ -5.1
vs 118th (51.0)
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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
3.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$283
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
5.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.7
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.4
/ 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
3.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$11,704 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$100 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.44M 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 — $69K.
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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 | 28.2 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 51.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 45.9 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$48,750
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
1.7%
Amount from this network
$32,500
Total from all networks
$1,940,388
Networks contributing
362
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Who funds Harshbarger
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
96.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
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
2
Money that arrived near votes
$4K
Distinct donors
4
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
0.54%
Biggest clusters of timed money
PAIN MEDICINE ASSOCIATES
$3K
BRISTOL TENNESSEE ESSENTIAL SERVICES
$1K
SELF CORINTH EYE CLINIC
$520
META
$500
INTERWEST ELECTRIC
$100
INTERWEST ELECTRIC
$100
INTERWEST ELECTRIC
$100
INTERWEST ELECTRIC
$100
INTERWEST ELECTRIC
$100
INTERWEST ELECTRIC
$100
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.72M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.63M
CHARTER
$1.41M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.38M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.34M
AMGEN
$1.30M
HOMEMAKER
$1.30M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Diana Harshbarger comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$366K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$283
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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.
40 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $247K to Diana Harshbarger across 67 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$247K
Shared contributors
40
Contributions
67
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 17 | $41K |
| 2024 | 33 | 46 | $193K |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 | $13K |
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Diana Harshbarger 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