Julia Letlow
Republican
· LA-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Research · and Department Operations · House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · Health and Human Services · Department of State · and Related Programs · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Secondary Education · House Committee on Education and Workforce
Influence Score
65.5
Moderately exposed
↓ -2.2
vs 118th (67.1)
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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
7.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$32,721
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
5.8
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.2
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.3
/ 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
10.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.2
/ 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
4.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$20,004 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $182.61M 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 — $365K.
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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 | 30.7 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 67.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 64.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$81,000
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
FRIENDS OF MATT GAETZ
Share from this one network
2.1%
Amount from this network
$56,000
Total from all networks
$2,692,952
Networks contributing
446
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Who funds Letlow
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,425,871
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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
6.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
29
Money that arrived near votes
$74K
Distinct donors
42
Distinct employers
23
Share of their total fundraising
3.50%
Biggest clusters of timed money
RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$10K
STEPHENS
$7K
OLSEN SECURITIES
$6K
RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$5K
RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$4K
RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES
$4K
ATCO INVESTMENT
$3K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$3K
TIMBER CREEK INSURANCE SERICES
$3K
MARC BERN LLP
$2K
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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
$10.61M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.35M
REYES
$9.23M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.27M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
BOEING
$4.39M
STEPHENS
$4.29M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.66M
MOUNTAIRE
$3.59M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Julia Letlow comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
PROTECT AND DEFEND AMERICA
$20K
ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICA
$12K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$149
KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)
$42
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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.
36 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $42K to Julia Letlow across 37 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$42K
Shared contributors
36
Contributions
37
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | $16K |
| 2024 | 31 | 32 | $27K |
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Julia Letlow 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