Cory Mills
Republican
· FL-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Influence Score
28.6
Least exposed
↓ -0.1
vs 118th (28.6)
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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
1.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$28,205
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
4.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.3
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,410 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.35M 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 — $63K.
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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 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 28.6 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 28.5 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$23,000
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.
Share from this one network
4.9%
Amount from this network
$23,000
Total from all networks
$469,301
Networks contributing
149
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Who funds Mills
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
0.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
36.2%
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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
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$50
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.60M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
REYES
$9.33M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
EMC
$6.26M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
HOMEMAKER
$4.75M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
MOUNTAIRE
$3.62M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
LEGENDARY PICTURES
$2.89M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$2.85M
STEPHENS
$2.55M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
FTX DIGITAL MARKETS
$2.04M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Cory Mills comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$28K
Disclosed outside spending
$16K
Dark-money outside spending
$13K
Share that is dark money
45.23%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$2K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC
$11K
GOA VICTORY FUND
$9K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$4K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$2K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$2K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$722
Groups that hide their donors
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
TIMOTHY MELLON
$12.00M
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND
$3.75M
PAUL ELLIOTT SINGER
$3.00M
JEFFREY W KELLER
$1.57M
BRUCE WAGNER
$1.50M
TRANSWEST AUTOMOTIVE
$1.47M
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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.
34 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $47K to Cory Mills across 44 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$47K
Shared contributors
34
Contributions
44
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | $5K |
| 2024 | 30 | 39 | $41K |
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Cory Mills 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