Jimmy Patronis
Republican
· FL-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Small Business · and Workforce Development · and Regulations · and Supply Chains · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Influence Score
39.0
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
0.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,305,540
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$47,351
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.2
/ 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
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
8.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.6
/ 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
0.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,994 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$150 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $21.64M 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 — $43K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$558,813
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
CONSERVATIVE FUTURE FUND
Share from this one network
49.9%
Amount from this network
$2,309,721
Total from all networks
$4,629,918
Networks contributing
124
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Who funds Patronis
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,463,690
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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
0.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
78.2%
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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
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$49.84M
BOEING
$2.07M
CENTENE
$1.46M
CHARTER
$1.41M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$1.16M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$1.04M
UP RAILROAD
$984K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$960K
BNSF RAILWAY
$958K
HOME DEPOT U S A
$861K
MCGUIREWOODS LLP
$746K
CSX
$655K
THE GEO
$579K
AT T SERVICES
$561K
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$541K
T-MOBILE
$536K
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
$531K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$526K
BDT MSD
$500K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jimmy Patronis comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$2.38M
Disclosed outside spending
$2.13M
Dark-money outside spending
$249K
Share that is dark money
10.46%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$147
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
CONSERVATIVE FUTURE FUND
$1.37M
FAIRSHAKE
$559K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$167K
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.
$59K
CENTER FOR VOTER INFORMATION (CVI)
$42K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$41K
THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY
$40K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$35K
FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND
$20K
AMERICA PAC
$10K
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC
$6K
TURN LEFT PAC
$5K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$147
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$147
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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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.
33 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $35K to Jimmy Patronis across 38 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$35K
Shared contributors
33
Contributions
38
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 38 | $35K |
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Jimmy Patronis 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