H. Morgan Griffith
Republican
· VA-9 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on House Administration · House Committee on Rules · House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis · House Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6
Influence Score
51.0
Moderately exposed
↓ -2.0
vs 118th (52.9)
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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
4.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,508
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
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
12.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,004 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 | 33.6 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 32.0 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 52.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 50.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$45,000
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.5%
Amount from this network
$32,500
Total from all networks
$2,157,624
Networks contributing
340
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Who funds Griffith
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$795,765
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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
2.3%
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
Biggest clusters of timed money
ABBVIE
$500
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
BOEING
$2.04M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.69M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.60M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
THE ANTHEM COMPANIES
$1.52M
CHARTER
$1.41M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.38M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$1.37M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.34M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against H. Morgan Griffith comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$7K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
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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.
22 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $41K to H. Morgan Griffith across 29 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$41K
Shared contributors
22
Contributions
29
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | $4K |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | $28K |
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | $8K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for H. Morgan Griffith or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMILY MACE | Intern, Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-4); Legislative Assistant & Counsel, Rep. Bruce… | ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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H. Morgan Griffith 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