Gabe Vasquez
Democrat
· NM-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Biotechnology · House Committee on Armed Services
Influence Score
60.2
Moderately exposed
↑ +13.1
vs 118th (47.7)
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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
7.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,359,498
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$12,362,359
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
9.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.8
/ 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
3.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$51,177 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $23.71M 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 — $47K.
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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 | 47.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.8 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$2,703,658
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
J STREET ACTION FUND
Share from this one network
2.2%
Amount from this network
$53,677
Total from all networks
$2,418,258
Networks contributing
415
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Who funds Vasquez
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,686,130
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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
9.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
21.2%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
TYSON FOODS
$500
MITRE
$217
LARRY G MARSHALL FARM BUREAU
$25
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$239.91M
SIG
$35.00M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
ULINE
$23.57M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
EMC
$15.51M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.65M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.34M
REYES
$9.32M
REYES
$9.13M
BLOOMBERG
$8.24M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
COHEN KLINGENSTEIN LL
$6.95M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.59M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Gabe Vasquez comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$13.75M
Disclosed outside spending
$12.20M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.55M
Share that is dark money
11.28%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$545K
Groups hiding their donors
12
By funding network
SLF PAC
$6.47M
NRCC
$3.58M
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$697K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$571K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$446K
AMERICA PAC
$382K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$359K
ELANCO US INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('ELANCO PAC')
$350K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$252K
BLUE CD2 NEW MEXICO USA
$139K
SAFER NM COMMUNITIES
$68K
TOGETHER MOVING MOUNTAINS NEW MEXICO
$51K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$51K
THE L & C COALITION
$50K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$46K
Groups that hide their donors
$697K
$260K
$51K
$34K
$34K
$24K
2 smaller groups under $500
$870
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE
$29K
MARTIN HEINRICH FOR SENATE
$19K
DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESS
$16K
PINGREE FOR CONGRESS
$12K
BANKS FOR SENATE
$73K
DAVID KINARD
$61K
BOBBY MODI
$57K
TODD YOUNG
$53K
THOMAS A BARRON
$45K
CARL FERENBACH
$45K
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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.
105 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $228K to Gabe Vasquez across 209 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$228K
Shared contributors
105
Contributions
209
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20 | 24 | $33K |
| 2024 | 73 | 112 | $125K |
| 2026 | 52 | 73 | $70K |
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Gabe Vasquez 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