Brandon Gill
Republican
· TX-26 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · House Committee on the Budget · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Enforcement
Influence Score
53.1
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
1.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$952,753
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,121,238
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.2
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,994 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $150.63M 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 — $301K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Total money from this network
$793,134
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
3.3%
Amount from this network
$20,000
Total from all networks
$599,762
Networks contributing
152
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Who funds Gill
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
99.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
97.2%
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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
SIG
$35.01M
ULINE
$22.46M
COHEN KLINGENSTEIN LL
$5.95M
CLEARPATH ACTION
$5.22M
CITADEL
$3.05M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$1.68M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$1.62M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$1.53M
GABY
$1.35M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
CATERPILLAR
$1.26M
HOMEMAKER
$1.21M
DELL TECHNOLOGIES
$1.19M
STEPHENS
$1.07M
UP RAILROAD
$984K
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES
$785K
GREENBERG TRAURIG
$773K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Brandon Gill comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
$1.15M
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.
$972K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$516K
RIGHT TEXAS
$422K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$11K
TED CRUZ FOR SENATE
$4K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$1K
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC
$52
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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.
50 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $120K to Brandon Gill across 76 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$120K
Shared contributors
50
Contributions
76
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42 | 56 | $98K |
| 2026 | 8 | 20 | $22K |
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Brandon Gill 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