Josh Brecheen
Republican
· OK-2 · 119th Congress
and Accountability (Chair) · House Committee on Homeland Security · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
45.8
Least exposed
↑ +1.1
vs 118th (44.8)
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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
1.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,004,943
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,124,680
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
3.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
8.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,003 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $127.12M 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 — $254K.
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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 | 44.8 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 45.9 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Total money from this network
$5,211,537
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
FAMILIES FOR JAMES LANKFORD
Share from this one network
8.0%
Amount from this network
$25,000
Total from all networks
$314,245
Networks contributing
79
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Who funds Brecheen
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,183,363
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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
99.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
98.4%
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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
6
Money that arrived near votes
$13K
Distinct donors
11
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
5.76%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ULINE
$6K
FLAGLER HOSPITAL
$3K
BROOKLYN INVESTMENT
$1K
GRAND BANK
$1K
REGENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM
$1K
REVO FINANCIAL
$1K
CASCADE FINANCIAL
$500
LATSHAW DRILLING
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SIG
$15.01M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
NEXT GENERATION FILMS
$1.25M
AT T SERVICES
$1.06M
HOMEMAKER
$957K
CIGNA
$886K
PHILLIPS 66
$859K
WILLIAMS WPC-I
$756K
WILLIAMS WPC-I
$685K
HEALTH CARE SERVICE
$660K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$639K
ULINE
$565K
WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK
$563K
MICROSOFT
$554K
HEALTH CARE SERVICE
$488K
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES
$432K
CT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE
$431K
WILLIAMS WPC-I
$409K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Josh Brecheen comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
FUND FOR A WORKING CONGRESS
$2.12M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$1.92M
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$56K
GOA VICTORY FUND
$25K
DEFENDING THE REPUBLIC PAC INC.
$5K
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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.
10 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $16K to Josh Brecheen across 12 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$16K
Shared contributors
10
Contributions
12
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | $8K |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | $8K |
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Josh Brecheen 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