Derek Tran
Democrat
· CA-45 · 119th Congress
and Regulations (Chair) · House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Small Business
Influence Score
62.3
Moderately exposed
— ◊ —
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
4.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,625,658
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$12,299,532
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.6
/ 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
0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.5
/ 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
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$42,347 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $26.23M 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 — $52K.
— ◊ —
Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$4,300,480
Number of funding networks contributing
1
— ◊ —
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
J STREET ACTION FUND
Share from this one network
2.8%
Amount from this network
$42,347
Total from all networks
$1,514,796
Networks contributing
335
— ◊ —
Who funds Tran
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$5,455,730
— ◊ —
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
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
14.4%
— ◊ —
Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
— ◊ —
Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$238.52M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
BLOOMBERG
$15.84M
EMC
$15.50M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.01M
REYES
$9.01M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.50M
PATHWAYS ORG
$6.00M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$6.00M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$5.00M
ARVEST BANK
$5.00M
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
$5.00M
WALTON
$5.00M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$4.04M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.84M
SIMONS
$3.80M
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
$3.34M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Derek Tran comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$16.93M
Disclosed outside spending
$15.43M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.50M
Share that is dark money
8.85%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$1.23M
Groups hiding their donors
10
By funding network
SLF PAC
$11.36M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$1.90M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$970K
AMERICA PAC
$553K
DGA ACTION
$343K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$300K
HEALTH CARE SAVES LIVES
$268K
ORANGE COUNTY PAC
$251K
WORKERS VOTE
$210K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA VOTES PAC
$206K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$156K
DCCC
$90K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$89K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$42K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$41K
Groups that hide their donors
$969K
$16K
$15K
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND
$225K
CECILIA G BOONE
$45K
GARRETT BOONE
$45K
DAGMAR DOLBY
$30K
— ◊ —
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.
132 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $589K to Derek Tran across 239 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$589K
Shared contributors
132
Contributions
239
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 86 | 128 | $494K |
| 2026 | 76 | 111 | $95K |
— ◊ —
Derek Tran 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