Rick W. Allen
Republican
· GA-12 · 119th Congress
and Secondary Education (Chair) · and Pensions (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Education and Workforce · House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Influence Score
52.4
Moderately exposed
↑ +1.2
vs 118th (51.1)
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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
2.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,170
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
6.4
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.3
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.4
/ 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
12.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$1,028 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $43.85M 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 — $88K.
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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 | 34.4 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 44.4 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 51.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 52.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$28,000
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
2.5%
Amount from this network
$30,000
Total from all networks
$1,221,928
Networks contributing
243
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Who funds Allen
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
0.7%
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
Times money arrived near a vote
1
Money that arrived near votes
$2K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.21%
Biggest clusters of timed money
SOUTHEAST UTILITIES OF GEORGIA
$2K
AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY HEALTH
$500
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
$500
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BOEING
$4.39M
BOEING
$3.65M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
CHARTER
$2.65M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.04M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.02M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.92M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.86M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.60M
CHARTER
$1.41M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.38M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$1.37M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.27M
AMGEN
$1.26M
COZEN O CONNOR
$1.16M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Rick W. Allen comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$9K
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.
64 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $168K to Rick W. Allen across 104 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$168K
Shared contributors
64
Contributions
104
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 10 | $9K |
| 2024 | 40 | 62 | $112K |
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | $47K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Rick W. Allen or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER CORLEY | Congressman Rogan, LD; Senator Allen, LA | CORLEY CONSULTING, LLC | 14 | 95 | 2023–2025 |
| TIMOTHY BAKER | Rep. Max Burns - Chief of Staff (2001-2003); Rep. Tom Graves - Chief of Staff (2… | ERVIN GRAVES STRATEGY GROUP, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Rick W. Allen 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