Adam Gray
Democrat
· CA-13 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · and Poultry · House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries
Influence Score
61.8
Moderately exposed
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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
6.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,150,907
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$15,702,502
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
3.4
/ 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
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
9.3
/ 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
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$4,994 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $17.17M 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 — $34K.
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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
$5,661,666
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
4.1%
Amount from this network
$86,700
Total from all networks
$2,133,162
Networks contributing
421
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Who funds Gray
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$5,238,967
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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
0.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
8.1%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$22.77M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.29M
EMC
$15.51M
BLOOMBERG
$13.11M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.70M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.35M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.21M
REYES
$9.13M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.09M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.59M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.50M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.14M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Adam Gray comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$20.05M
Disclosed outside spending
$19.00M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.05M
Share that is dark money
5.23%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$24K
Groups hiding their donors
12
By funding network
SLF PAC
$12.29M
NRCC
$2.99M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$1.01M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$823K
SOMOS PAC
$503K
DEFEND THE BLUE DOT PAC
$335K
CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE/FEDERAL - CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
$304K
LUCETE LEADERSHIP FUND
$187K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA VOTES PAC
$185K
SPIRIT OF AMERICA PAC
$176K
VPP
$168K
STATE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA
$100K
VOTE PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, A PROJECT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (CA) ACTION FUND
$92K
COMMUNITIES FOR A NEW CALIFORNIA C4
$82K
DCCC
$81K
Groups that hide their donors
$503K
$24K
1 smaller group under $500
$80
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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.
72 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $181K to Adam Gray across 152 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$181K
Shared contributors
72
Contributions
152
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 17 | $18K |
| 2024 | 28 | 58 | $78K |
| 2026 | 45 | 77 | $85K |
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Adam Gray 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