Thomas Massie
Republican
· KY-4 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet · Terrorism and Homeland Security
Influence Score
32.9
Least exposed
↑ +6.6
vs 118th (27.4)
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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
3.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,126,824
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,975,717
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
< 0.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.3
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 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
9.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.6
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $33.26M 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 — $67K.
Israel-policy PAC money spent against this member: $3.58M
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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 | 25.1 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 38.5 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 27.4 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 34.0 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$42,000
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.
Network
KENTUCKY FIRST PAC
Share from this one network
45.6%
Amount from this network
$2,484,972
Total from all networks
$5,445,316
Networks contributing
105
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Who funds Massie
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,325,921
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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
98.6%
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
3
Money that arrived near votes
$10K
Distinct donors
3
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
1.10%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GENERAL DATA
$3K
IRELL MANELLA LLP
$3K
SULLIVAN CROMWELL LLP
$3K
CABEM TECHNOLOGIES
$500
LAW OFFICE OF GREGORY S WEISS
$500
LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS R ROUSE
$500
WISE ROCK SOFTWARE
$500
BALCH BINGHAM LLP
$250
BROADCOM
$250
GOOGLE
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SIG
$19.00M
SIG
$4.50M
THE MARCUS
$3.01M
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$2.50M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.24M
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$2.01M
GREENSKY
$2.00M
SABAN CAPITAL
$2.00M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
UP RAILROAD
$1.70M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.60M
CAPITAL
$1.50M
ABBVIE
$1.28M
CAPITAL
$1.25M
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$1.25M
CSX
$1.17M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.16M
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
$1.06M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Thomas Massie comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
MAGA KY
$2.29M
KENTUCKY FIRST PAC
$1.02M
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$957K
MAKE LIBERTY WIN
$518K
RJC VICTORY FUND
$363K
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$318K
COMMON SENSE AMERICA ELECTION FUND
$132K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$35K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICA
$8K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$6K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
REALLY AMERICAN PAC
$646
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL VICTORY FUND
$250
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PAC
$94
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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.
9 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $16K to Thomas Massie across 12 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$16K
Shared contributors
9
Contributions
12
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | $1K |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | $11K |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 | $4K |
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Thomas Massie 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