Luz M. Rivas
Democrat
· CA-29 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on Science · and Technology
Influence Score
40.0
Least exposed
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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
1.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$70,802
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
4.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 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
10.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.7
/ 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
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,007 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $32.90M 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 — $66K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$50,243
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
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
Share from this one network
3.3%
Amount from this network
$20,000
Total from all networks
$610,290
Networks contributing
139
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Who funds Rivas
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$385,311
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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
0.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
CHARTER
$2.64M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.62M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
BOEING
$2.05M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.01M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
GOOGLE
$1.80M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.49M
CHARTER
$1.41M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.30M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.28M
AMGEN
$1.25M
ABBOTT
$1.23M
MICROSOFT
$1.22M
FORD MOTOR
$1.21M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Luz M. Rivas comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
COOPERATIVE OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE
$50K
NUESTRO PAC
$20K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$268
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$168
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCACY PROJECT LOS ANGELES COUNTY ACTION FUND
$103
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
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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.
114 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $166K to Luz M. Rivas across 151 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$166K
Shared contributors
114
Contributions
151
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 80 | 93 | $95K |
| 2026 | 51 | 58 | $71K |
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Luz M. Rivas 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