Jeff Hurd
Republican
· CO-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Influence Score
60.3
Moderately 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
2.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,587,209
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$116,801
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
10.2
/ 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
9.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$2,769 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$1,869 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $47.09M 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 — $94K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$564,712
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
CENTER FORWARD INITIATIVE INC
Share from this one network
10.4%
Amount from this network
$99,242
Total from all networks
$953,734
Networks contributing
243
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Who funds Hurd
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,957,232
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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
1.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
7.2%
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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
$17.00M
EMC
$15.52M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
STG
$10.00M
REYES
$9.14M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.11M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.63M
PATHWAYS ORG
$6.05M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$6.05M
HOMEMAKER
$6.04M
ARVEST BANK
$5.05M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$5.01M
WALTON
$5.00M
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
$5.00M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
STEPHENS
$2.83M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$2.80M
HAWORTH
$2.70M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jeff Hurd comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.70M
Disclosed outside spending
$578K
Dark-money outside spending
$1.13M
Share that is dark money
66.05%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.13M
SLF PAC
$240K
A STRONG INNOVATION ECONOMY REQUIRES STRONG IP PROTECTION
$150K
UNIFY COLORADO
$58K
OUR AMERICAN CENTURY
$48K
ROCKY MOUNTAIN VALUES PAC
$36K
REAL LEADERSHIP FOR COLORADO
$32K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$10K
FRIENDS OF CD3
$3K
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.
58 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.81M to Jeff Hurd across 193 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.81M
Shared contributors
58
Contributions
193
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25 | 38 | $55K |
| 2026 | 45 | 155 | $1.76M |
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Jeff Hurd 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