April Mcclain Delaney
Democrat
· MD-6 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · and Biotechnology · House Committee on Science · and Technology
Influence Score
36.7
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
1.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$54,239
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$217,131
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.1
/ 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
10.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.6
/ 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
1.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,994 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $25.57M 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 — $51K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SAEF
Total money from this network
$18,500
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
SAEF
Share from this one network
3.1%
Amount from this network
$18,500
Total from all networks
$595,702
Networks contributing
187
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Who funds Delaney
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$352,027
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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
30.3%
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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
NEA
$27.85M
NEA
$7.06M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.48M
CHARTER
$1.41M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.36M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.30M
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION
$1.15M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.11M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$1.04M
UNITED AIRLINES
$862K
HOME DEPOT U S A
$861K
CENTENE
$806K
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$791K
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION
$764K
FMR
$758K
CSX
$654K
AFSCME INT L
$564K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against April Mcclain Delaney comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$271K
Disclosed outside spending
$243K
Dark-money outside spending
$28K
Share that is dark money
10.47%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
COMMON SENSE COMMON GROUND PAC
$90K
COMMON SENSE MARYLAND
$53K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$50K
EQUALITY PAC
$42K
CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK ACTION FUND
$28K
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$8K
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
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.
42 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $110K to April Mcclain Delaney across 57 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$110K
Shared contributors
42
Contributions
57
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31 | 38 | $72K |
| 2026 | 15 | 19 | $39K |
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April Mcclain Delaney 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