Val T. Hoyle
Democrat
· OR-4 · 119th Congress
Wildlife and Fisheries (Chair) · House Committee on Natural Resources · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Influence Score
55.5
Moderately exposed
↑ +7.0
vs 118th (49.0)
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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
7.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$840,413
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$906,070
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
8.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.3
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.1
/ 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
8.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$17,638 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 | 49.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 56.0 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
GMI PAC, INC.
Total money from this network
$541,891
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
THINK BIG
Share from this one network
10.9%
Amount from this network
$292,419
Total from all networks
$2,690,119
Networks contributing
350
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Who funds Hoyle
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,211,352
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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
2.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
48.5%
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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
$3K
Distinct donors
2
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
0.22%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CAMP CREEK ELECTRIC
$2K
GRAPE SOLAR
$1K
SPRINGFIELD UTILITY BOARD
$50
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLOOMBERG
$30.44M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.29M
BLOOMBERG
$13.12M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.70M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
REYES
$9.21M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.51M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.10M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
BOEING
$4.44M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Val T. Hoyle comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.80M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.67M
Dark-money outside spending
$131K
Share that is dark money
7.29%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$131K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
SLF PAC
$733K
GMI PAC, INC.
$542K
ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$132K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$114K
A SAFER STRONGER OREGON PAC
$77K
GREEN OREGON
$75K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$35K
NEW REPUBLICANS PAC
$21K
WORKING AMERICA
$18K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$258
JDCA PAC
$48
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
Groups that hide their donors
$114K
$18K
1 smaller group under $500
$177
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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.
61 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $153K to Val T. Hoyle across 111 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$153K
Shared contributors
61
Contributions
111
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15 | 25 | $22K |
| 2024 | 50 | 79 | $69K |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 | $62K |
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Val T. Hoyle 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