Frank D. Lucas
Republican
· OK-3 · 119th Congress
and Biotechnology (Chair) · House Committee on Science (Chair) · and Technology (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · House Committee on Financial Services · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions · International Development · and Monetary Policy
Influence Score
62.0
Moderately exposed
↓ -2.8
vs 118th (64.8)
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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
5.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$67,852
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
4.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
12.6
/ 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
2.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,004 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $14.20M 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 — $28K.
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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 | 31.3 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 35.9 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 64.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 62.0 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$63,000
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
2.5%
Amount from this network
$59,000
Total from all networks
$2,379,520
Networks contributing
339
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Who funds Lucas
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,106,150
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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
4.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
36
Money that arrived near votes
$117K
Distinct donors
61
Distinct employers
30
Share of their total fundraising
11.50%
Biggest clusters of timed money
AMERISTATE BANK
$18K
FIRST BANK
$13K
F M BANK
$10K
AMERICSTATE BANK
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
FIRST UNITED BANK
$7K
ARMSTRONG BANK
$3K
FIRST ANTLERS BANCORP
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
BOEING
$3.65M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.47M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.34M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.01M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.04M
HARRIS
$2.04M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.91M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.86M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.86M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.86M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Frank D. Lucas comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$68K
Disclosed outside spending
$50K
Dark-money outside spending
$18K
Share that is dark money
26.45%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
SLF PAC
$50K
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.
$18K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
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.
72 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $161K to Frank D. Lucas across 81 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$161K
Shared contributors
72
Contributions
81
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | $3K |
| 2024 | 50 | 53 | $108K |
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | $50K |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for Frank D. Lucas or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLTEN STRINGER | Professional Staff, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology/ Profession… | VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES | 11 | 11 | 2023–2025 |
| KIRBY SMITH | Field Representative, Rep. Frank Lucas, 2015-2019 | NORTH BRIDGE STRATEGIC, LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SCISSORTAIL STRATEGIC CONSULTING PARTNERS LLC) | 3 | 9 | 2025–2025 |
| ALEXIS HILBERT | 2015 Agricultural Policy Intern for Congressman Frank Lucas | TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| KIRBY SMITH | Field Representative, Rep. Frank Lucas (2015-2019) | CSS PARTNERS, LLC | 1 | 4 | 2025–2025 |
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Frank D. Lucas 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