Andrew Ogles
Republican
· TN-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions · House Committee on Homeland Security · and Accountability
Influence Score
39.2
Least exposed
↑ +2.1
vs 118th (37.3)
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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
1.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,728,865
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$887,490
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.2
/ 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
7.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.9
/ 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
0.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,006 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $15.49M 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 — $31K.
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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 | 37.3 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 39.4 | 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
$911,740
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
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Share from this one network
10.3%
Amount from this network
$53,870
Total from all networks
$522,095
Networks contributing
137
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Who funds Ogles
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,953,067
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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
0.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
55.9%
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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
$12K
Distinct donors
11
Distinct employers
5
Share of their total fundraising
1.84%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
TRISTAR BANK
$1K
ALLISON INSURANCE
$1K
EDSOUTH FINANCIAL
$1K
EDSOUTH FINANCIAL
$1K
INSURANCE SOLUTIONS
$1K
FARMERS INSURANCE
$500
TRISTAR BANK
$500
TRISTAR BANK
$257
BANK OZK
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SIG
$15.01M
ARVEST BANK
$5.00M
WALTON
$5.00M
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
$5.00M
MOUNTAIRE
$4.52M
HOMEMAKER
$3.68M
HAWORTH
$2.60M
MOUNTAIRE
$2.04M
HOMEMAKER
$2.04M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$2.03M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.86M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$1.70M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$1.61M
PATHWAYS ORG
$1.51M
CUMBERLAND DEVELOPMENT
$1.50M
DUQUESNE FAMILY OFFICE
$1.50M
GOOGLE
$1.45M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
VARIETY WHOLESALERS
$1.20M
AT T SERVICES
$1.06M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Andrew Ogles comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$2.62M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.28M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.33M
Share that is dark money
51.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
USA FREEDOM FUND
$786K
CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS PAC
$706K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$548K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$189K
TENNESSEE CONSERVATIVES PAC
$131K
VOLUNTEERS FOR FREEDOM PAC
$85K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$72K
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE
$51K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$41K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICA
$7K
TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION VOTES ACTION PAC
$2K
ALLIANCE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
$65
Groups that hide their donors
$786K
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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.
11 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $19K to Andrew Ogles across 11 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$19K
Shared contributors
11
Contributions
11
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | $3K |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | $16K |
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Andrew Ogles 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