Mark Alford
Republican
· MO-4 · 119th Congress
and Regulations (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · Veterans Affairs · Department of State · and Related Programs · House Committee on Small Business
Influence Score
51.5
Moderately exposed
↓ -1.2
vs 118th (52.7)
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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
3.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$592,075
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$692,826
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
3.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.4
/ 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
10.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.7
/ 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
5.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$15,503 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $174.32M 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 — $349K.
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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 | 52.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 51.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$72,000
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
4.0%
Amount from this network
$48,000
Total from all networks
$1,193,743
Networks contributing
262
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Who funds Alford
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
97.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
8
Money that arrived near votes
$14K
Distinct donors
9
Distinct employers
7
Share of their total fundraising
1.99%
Biggest clusters of timed money
COMMUNITY BANK OF RAYMORE
$5K
KUECKER LOGISTICS
$3K
CLEVELAND UNIVERSITY-KANSAS CITY
$1K
GOLDEN VALLEY MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE
$1K
KBS LLP
$1K
KBS LLP
$1K
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE
$1K
STINSON LLP
$1K
INVESTMENT INSTITUTE
$500
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FTX DIGITAL MARKETS
$15.01M
SIG
$15.00M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
CHARTER
$2.65M
BOEING
$2.05M
HARRIS
$2.04M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.86M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.48M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.48M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.38M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mark Alford comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$693K
AMERICAN DREAM FEDERAL ACTION
$503K
MISSOURIANS FOR TRUTH PAC
$66K
STAND FOR FREEDOM PAC
$22K
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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.
71 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $125K to Mark Alford across 94 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$125K
Shared contributors
71
Contributions
94
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | $15K |
| 2024 | 45 | 54 | $67K |
| 2026 | 28 | 30 | $42K |
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Mark Alford 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