Morgan Luttrell
Republican
· TX-8 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · House Committee on Homeland Security · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
42.8
Least exposed
↓ -2.7
vs 118th (45.0)
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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
1.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,017,110
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$78,260
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
4.4
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,510 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$168 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.23M 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 — $62K.
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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 | 45.0 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 42.3 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$358,943
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.
Share from this one network
3.4%
Amount from this network
$25,000
Total from all networks
$730,534
Networks contributing
195
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Who funds Luttrell
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
3.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
5.4%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.60M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
REYES
$9.22M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
EMC
$6.26M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
MOUNTAIRE
$3.53M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.33M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
LEGENDARY PICTURES
$2.85M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$2.78M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
STEPHENS
$2.52M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Morgan Luttrell comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SLF PAC
$708K
AMERICAN PATRIOTS PAC
$207K
DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC
$73K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$47K
SEAL PAC USA
$35K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$13K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$6K
TEXANS FOR FREEDOM
$5K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1K
TEXANS FOR TRUE CONSERVATIVES
$935
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC
$302
TEXAS PATRIOTS PAC
$214
FAMILY FIRST COALITION PAC
$58
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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.
43 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $125K to Morgan Luttrell across 81 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$125K
Shared contributors
43
Contributions
81
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 29 | $28K |
| 2024 | 28 | 41 | $64K |
| 2026 | 7 | 11 | $32K |
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Morgan Luttrell 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