Craig A. Goldman
Republican
· TX-12 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade
Influence Score
64.2
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
1.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,565,806
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$44,388
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.7
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$29,879 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$20,270 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.44M 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 — $69K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$1,087,636
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.
Share from this one network
2.7%
Amount from this network
$29,879
Total from all networks
$1,121,183
Networks contributing
245
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Who funds Goldman
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
95.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
80.2%
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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
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
CLEARPATH ACTION
$5.22M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
CITADEL
$3.05M
CHARTER
$2.65M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1.76M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.69M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$1.68M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$1.53M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$1.43M
CHARTER
$1.41M
ERNST YOUNG U S LLP
$1.36M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
CATERPILLAR
$1.26M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Craig A. Goldman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.70M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.69M
Dark-money outside spending
$12K
Share that is dark money
0.69%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$725K
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.
$602K
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
$112K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$92K
TEXANS FOR FREEDOM
$44K
GOPAC ELECTION FUND
$22K
BETTER LEADERS STRONGER FUTURE INC.
$12K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1K
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC
$218
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.
77 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $833K to Craig A. Goldman across 108 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$833K
Shared contributors
77
Contributions
108
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64 | 82 | $371K |
| 2026 | 21 | 26 | $462K |
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Craig A. Goldman 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