Mike Ezell
Republican
· MS-4 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management
Influence Score
41.0
Least exposed
↑ +4.7
vs 118th (36.4)
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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
2.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$92,852
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$37,399
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.3
/ 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
8.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.5
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,004 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $26.45M 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 — $53K.
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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 | 36.4 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 41.1 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Total money from this network
$30,500
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
2.8%
Amount from this network
$30,500
Total from all networks
$1,084,998
Networks contributing
244
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Who funds Ezell
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$586,192
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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
1.0%
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
2
Money that arrived near votes
$2K
Distinct donors
2
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
0.29%
Biggest clusters of timed money
L D TRUCKING AND SCRAP
$1K
MS EXPORT RAILROAD
$1K
CHEVRON PRODUCTS
$500
CHEVRON
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$2.30M
BOEING
$2.07M
HARRIS
$2.04M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.02M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.72M
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$1.69M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$1.62M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.53M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.49M
GOOGLE
$1.49M
EY
$1.44M
LEIDOS
$1.29M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mike Ezell comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CONSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP PAC
$92K
COMMON SENSE AMERICA ELECTION FUND
$37K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$722
GATORPAC
$630
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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.
21 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $39K to Mike Ezell across 29 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$39K
Shared contributors
21
Contributions
29
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | $17K |
| 2026 | 12 | 16 | $21K |
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Mike Ezell 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