Troy A. Carter
Democrat
· LA-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Homeland Security · and Accountability · House Committee on Small Business · and Rural Business Development · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
59.0
Moderately exposed
↓ -5.6
vs 118th (64.4)
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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
7.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$27,427
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,011,739
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.1
/ 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
10.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,400 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $40.66M 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 — $81K.
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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 | 31.0 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 64.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 58.8 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$66,746
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
2.0%
Amount from this network
$52,000
Total from all networks
$2,592,292
Networks contributing
393
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Who funds Carter
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,321,408
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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
3.8%
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
$1K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.08%
Biggest clusters of timed money
HEART CLINIC
$1K
AMAZON
$500
ABBVIE
$250
AMAZON
$250
CENTER FOR ADVANCED MEDICINE
$250
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER
$250
VIIV HEALTHCARE
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BLOOMBERG
$5.51M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
EY
$3.01M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
FTX
$2.29M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.17M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Troy A. Carter comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
WOMEN VOTE
$924K
TRUST THE PEOPLE
$88K
PROGRESS FOR THE PEOPLE
$16K
THE DEMOCRATIC ACTION PAC
$10K
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF LA
$827
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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.
72 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $346K to Troy A. Carter across 102 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$346K
Shared contributors
72
Contributions
102
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17 | 20 | $49K |
| 2024 | 55 | 65 | $172K |
| 2026 | 14 | 17 | $124K |
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Troy A. Carter 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