Eugene Simon Vindman
Democrat
· VA-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · and Biotechnology · House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation
Influence Score
50.0
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
2.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,963,814
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$3,895,341
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.3
/ 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
10.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$3,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $23.71M 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 — $47K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$4,718,058
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
VOTEVETS
Share from this one network
17.2%
Amount from this network
$200,000
Total from all networks
$1,160,567
Networks contributing
261
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Who funds Vindman
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,477,095
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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
0.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
14.2%
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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
BLOOMBERG
$15.84M
EMC
$15.50M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.01M
REYES
$9.01M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.50M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$6.10M
CITADEL
$6.03M
PATHWAYS ORG
$6.00M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$5.00M
ARVEST BANK
$5.00M
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
$5.00M
WALTON
$5.00M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$3.90M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.84M
SIMONS
$3.55M
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
$3.32M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Eugene Simon Vindman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$6.86M
Disclosed outside spending
$6.27M
Dark-money outside spending
$588K
Share that is dark money
8.58%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$354K
Groups hiding their donors
5
By funding network
SLF PAC
$2.14M
AMERICAN PATRIOTS PAC
$1.52M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$1.05M
FAIRSHAKE
$890K
VOTEVETS
$515K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$336K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$204K
CASA IN ACTION PAC
$124K
CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK ACTION FUND
$31K
PATRIOTS FOR A BRIGHTER AMERICA
$23K
WORKING AMERICA
$18K
UNITED WE CAN
$2K
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
Groups that hide their donors
$336K
$18K
1 smaller group under $500
$235
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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.
129 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $205K to Eugene Simon Vindman across 276 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$205K
Shared contributors
129
Contributions
276
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 111 | 180 | $146K |
| 2026 | 31 | 96 | $59K |
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Eugene Simon Vindman 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