Ken Calvert
Republican
· CA-41 · 118th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies
Influence Score
79.8
Most exposed
↑ +4.2
vs 118th (79.8)
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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
6.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,742,112
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$673,250
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.1
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.2
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$7,900 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$2,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $137.10M 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 | 55.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 58.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 79.8 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 84.0 | 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
$4,180,510
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$65,127
Total from all networks
$4,316,396
Networks contributing
591
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Who funds Calvert
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,903,819
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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
20.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
Times money arrived near a vote
120
Money that arrived near votes
$286K
Distinct donors
168
Distinct employers
72
Share of their total fundraising
4.13%
Biggest clusters of timed money
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$10K
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$7K
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES
$7K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MNGMT
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$7K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$6K
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$5K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$239.91M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
BLOOMBERG
$17.00M
EMC
$15.52M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.61M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.35M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.34M
REYES
$9.15M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
HOMEMAKER
$5.70M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ken Calvert comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$9.31M
Disclosed outside spending
$8.31M
Dark-money outside spending
$998K
Share that is dark money
10.72%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$974K
Groups hiding their donors
5
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$4.98M
AMERICA PAC
$944K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$561K
EDF ACTION VOTES
$411K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$410K
TERM LIMITS ACTION
$372K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$248K
DEFEND THE BLUE DOT PAC
$232K
EQUALITY PAC
$170K
WELCOMEPAC
$163K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$120K
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA VOTES
$106K
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$100K
DEFEAT SEDITIONISTS
$96K
SLF PAC
$53K
Groups that hide their donors
$410K
1 smaller group under $500
$11
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
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
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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.
431 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.36M to Ken Calvert across 626 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.36M
Shared contributors
431
Contributions
626
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 62 | 76 | $315K |
| 2024 | 336 | 390 | $531K |
| 2026 | 104 | 160 | $515K |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for Ken Calvert or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMILY MURRY | Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Health, W&M Cmte; Sr. Policy Advisor Majority Leader M… | TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC | 42 | 450 | 2023–2025 |
| MARIA BOWIE | Representative Tom Cole, Deputy Chief of Staff and Appropriations Associate Repr… | STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS | 21 | 156 | 2023–2025 |
| DAVE RAMEY | Rep. Ken Calvert (1993 - October 2016) - Chief of Staff | KADESH & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 18 | 139 | 2023–2025 |
| EMILY MURRY | Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Helath, Ways and Means Cmte; Sr. Policy Adivsor, Maj. … | CULINA HEALTH | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Ken Calvert ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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