David G. Valadao
Republican
· CA-22 · 117th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · Veterans Affairs · Joint Committee of Congress on the Library
Influence Score
73.4
Highly exposed
↑ +1.7
vs 118th (83.2)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,282,593
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$17,102,691
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.8
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.6
/ 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
8.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.6
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$2,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $136.97M 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 — $274K.
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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 | 73.4 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 83.2 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 84.9 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$7,823,092
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
3.9%
Amount from this network
$223,130
Total from all networks
$5,757,398
Networks contributing
725
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Who funds Valadao
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$16,332,547
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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
22.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
19.8%
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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
43
Money that arrived near votes
$118K
Distinct donors
53
Distinct employers
37
Share of their total fundraising
2.99%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ENERGY TRANSFER
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
JANE STREET
$3K
BANK OZK
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
EMC
$3K
FIRST FINANCIAL BANK
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$239.91M
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$67.03M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$23.27M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.29M
EMC
$15.53M
BLOOMBERG
$14.31M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.70M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.35M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.01M
STG
$10.00M
REYES
$9.33M
REYES
$9.17M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.50M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against David G. Valadao comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$21.27M
Disclosed outside spending
$21.24M
Dark-money outside spending
$32K
Share that is dark money
0.15%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$2K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$12.61M
DCCC
$8.08M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$2.39M
SLF PAC
$1.45M
FAIRSHAKE
$1.31M
VPP
$646K
AMERICA PAC
$572K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$333K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$300K
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
$250K
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$231K
314 ACTION FUND
$229K
MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION, AFL-CIO
$153K
COMMITTEE FOR WORKING FAMILIES, SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
$140K
BLUE BATTLEGROUND PROJECT
$117K
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$24
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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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.
87 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.67M to David G. Valadao across 207 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.67M
Shared contributors
87
Contributions
207
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26 | 56 | $358K |
| 2024 | 53 | 71 | $200K |
| 2026 | 34 | 80 | $1.11M |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for David G. Valadao or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLE ROJEWSKI | CoS, Rep. Kay Granger; Asst to Rep. Kay Granger, House Approp Cmte; Dir. of Cong… | THE BERNHARDT GROUP LLC | 19 | 60 | 2025–2025 |
| HANNAH SHEA | Press Secretary - Representative Steve Womack (March 2018 - December 2018); Staf… | DELOITTE LLP | 1 | 6 | 2023–2024 |
| COLE ROJEWSKI | CoS, Rep. Kay Granger (TX) Asst to Rep. Kay Granger Dir. ofCongressional & Legis… | RBW GROUP, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2023–2025 |
| COLLIN HUSTED | Prof. Staff-House Homeland Security Cmte.; Leg. Aide-Rep. John Kato; LA-House Ho… | X CORP. (FORMERLY TWITTER, INC.) | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
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David G. Valadao's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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