Steven Horsford
Democrat
· NV-4 · 117th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Public Lands · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
73.8
Highly exposed
↑ +10.6
vs 118th (73.6)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,712,961
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$158,500
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
11.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.2
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
9.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
9.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $45.81M 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 — $92K.
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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 | 73.2 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 73.8 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 73.6 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 84.2 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$2,754,294
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
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
1.1%
Amount from this network
$62,000
Total from all networks
$5,691,239
Networks contributing
752
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Who funds Horsford
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$7,457,754
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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
14.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
43.4%
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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
41
Money that arrived near votes
$197K
Distinct donors
70
Distinct employers
22
Share of their total fundraising
6.95%
Biggest clusters of timed money
KKR
$43K
BLACKSTONE
$13K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$7K
BAIN CAPITAL
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
GREYLOCK
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$67.02M
BLOOMBERG
$31.44M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.30M
BLOOMBERG
$13.09M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.72M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
REYES
$9.21M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.51M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.13M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
FAHR
$5.09M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Steven Horsford comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$5.08M
Disclosed outside spending
$4.46M
Dark-money outside spending
$625K
Share that is dark money
12.30%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$475K
Groups hiding their donors
12
By funding network
NRCC
$2.89M
INDEPENDENCE USA PAC
$2.69M
FAIRSHAKE
$1.84M
DCCC
$1.11M
WORKERS VOTE
$1.07M
ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY
$492K
MORNING IN AMERICA PAC
$488K
WE VOTE WE WIN
$434K
UNITE HERE TIP STATE & LOCAL FUND
$349K
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC
$224K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$187K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$140K
CLIMATE REALITY ACTION FUND
$122K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$113K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$100K
Groups that hide their donors
$239K
$56K
$46K
$17K
$10K
2 smaller groups under $500
$96
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.
EVA K GROVE
$420K
DEBORAH FRANCES SCHWEIZER
$409K
PROTECTING CHOICE IN CALIFORNIA A PROJECT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA
$165K
QUINN DELANEY
$150K
SHANNON HUNT-SCOTT
$150K
DEBORAH FRANCES SCHWEIZER
$148K
TERRY FURGERSON
$112K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES MAR MONTE
$102K
JAMES KEVIN SCOTT
$90K
PARAGON PAYMENT SOLUTIONS
$75K
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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.
118 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $222K to Steven Horsford across 157 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$222K
Shared contributors
118
Contributions
157
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28 | 37 | $53K |
| 2024 | 87 | 100 | $139K |
| 2026 | 17 | 20 | $29K |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for Steven Horsford or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEFINA PRESCOTT | Counselor, Department of Health and Human Services // Dep. Chief of Staff/LD, Re… | FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 21 | 161 | 2023–2025 |
| RODNEY EMERY | Director of Legislative Affairs, Department of Commerce/International Trade Admi… | VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES | 2 | 4 | 2025–2025 |
| ALEX HARMAN | LC/Leg Aide, Sen. Bayh; Leg Counsel/Gen Counsel, Sen. Mark Udall; Senior Counsel… | BYTEDANCE INC. | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| SIERRA KELLEY-CHUNG | Deputy Chief of Staff, Congressman Steven Horsford; Senior Policy Advisor, Congr… | APPLE INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Steven Horsford's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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