Vince Fong
Republican
· CA-20 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Homeland Security · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
49.9
Least exposed
↑ +19.3
vs 118th (32.1)
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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
4.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$683,985
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.2
/ 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
10.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,994 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$1,006 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $41.07M 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 — $82K.
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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 | 32.1 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 51.4 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
MORNING IN AMERICA PAC
Total money from this network
$404,824
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
6.8%
Amount from this network
$101,800
Total from all networks
$1,490,200
Networks contributing
304
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Who funds Fong
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,445,391
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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
1.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
1.2%
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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
4
Money that arrived near votes
$15K
Distinct donors
5
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
0.97%
Biggest clusters of timed money
SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM
$5K
DELL EMC
$3K
SAN JOAQUIN REFINING
$3K
NVIDIA
$3K
SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM
$500
TIKTOK
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
BOEING
$2.05M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.69M
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$1.69M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.56M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.53M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.48M
EY
$1.44M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Vince Fong comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$684K
Disclosed outside spending
$608K
Dark-money outside spending
$76K
Share that is dark money
11.08%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
MORNING IN AMERICA PAC
$539K
VIEJAS BAND OF KUMEYAAY INDIANS
$76K
PARTY_C00265603
$28K
PA CONGRESSIONAL CONSERVATIVES FUND
$22K
COOPERATIVE OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE
$10K
CENTRAL VALLEY YOUNG REPUBLICANS PAC
$9K
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
17 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $29K to Vince Fong across 20 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$29K
Shared contributors
17
Contributions
20
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | 14 | $21K |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 | $8K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Vince Fong or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES MIN | Chief of Staff, Rep. Vince Fong; Chief of Staff, Office of the 20th District of … | MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC | 16 | 26 | 2025–2025 |
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Vince Fong 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