Zachary Nunn
Republican
· IA-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · Risk Management · and Credit · House Committee on Financial Services · Financial Technology · and Artificial Intelligence · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
78.7
Highly exposed
↑ +13.8
vs 118th (64.6)
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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
9.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,471,562
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,790,756
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
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.8
/ 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
9.7
/ 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
3.3
/ 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
$15,506 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$10,490 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $14.20M 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 — $28K.
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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 | 64.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 78.4 | Highly 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
$3,284,719
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.4%
Amount from this network
$55,000
Total from all networks
$3,820,927
Networks contributing
609
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Who funds Nunn
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$6,072,702
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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
1.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
14.8%
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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
$132K
Distinct donors
53
Distinct employers
31
Share of their total fundraising
3.11%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$7K
DANIELS INVESTMENT
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$6K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$238.52M
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$67.03M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$22.26M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.29M
BLOOMBERG
$15.81M
EMC
$15.52M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$11.01M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.70M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
HOMEMAKER
$9.53M
REYES
$9.35M
REYES
$9.16M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.15M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HOMEMAKER
$6.76M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Zachary Nunn comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$12.31M
Disclosed outside spending
$10.34M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.97M
Share that is dark money
16.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$543K
Groups hiding their donors
5
By funding network
DCCC
$3.16M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$2.53M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.41M
FAIRSHAKE
$999K
YOUR COMMUNITY PAC
$951K
SLF PAC
$662K
AMERICA PAC
$535K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$490K
VOTEVETS
$430K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$310K
NRCC
$169K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$125K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$78K
ELDER FOR AMERICA
$73K
CATHOLICVOTE.ORG CANDIDATE FUND
$50K
Groups that hide their donors
$490K
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
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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.
109 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.39M to Zachary Nunn across 236 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.39M
Shared contributors
109
Contributions
236
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 15 | $61K |
| 2024 | 72 | 133 | $238K |
| 2026 | 42 | 88 | $1.09M |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Zachary Nunn or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAD STEWART | Chief of Staff, Rep. Zach Nunn; Dpty. Chief of Staff, Rep. Brian Mast; Comms. Di… | IMPRESSION STRATEGY, LLC | 3 | 7 | 2025–2025 |
| BRADLEY STEWART | Chief of Staff, Rep. Zach Nunn; Dpty. Chief of Staff, Rep. Brian Mast; Comms. Di… | FOUNDRY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC | 3 | 8 | 2025–2025 |
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Zachary Nunn'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