Darin Lahood
Republican
· IL-16 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Ways and Means · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · and Counterproliferation · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
82.0
Highly exposed
↑ +0.7
vs 118th (80.4)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$189,396
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,040
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.3
/ 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
12.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
8.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$15,004 direct
CITYPAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $52.03M 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 — $104K.
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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 | 46.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 54.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 80.4 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 81.1 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Total money from this network
$153,000
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.4%
Amount from this network
$76,500
Total from all networks
$5,526,722
Networks contributing
659
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Who funds Lahood
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,807,443
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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
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
10
Money that arrived near votes
$21K
Distinct donors
11
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
1.10%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$2K
AHMAR INVESTMENT
$1K
ALLURE HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
FINANCIAL SHARES 2
$1K
STONEX FINANCIAL SERICES
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.61M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.45M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.01M
NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN P A
$3.00M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.24M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Darin Lahood comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY - FEDERAL
$160K
PA LAWYER FUND
$15K
ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR'
$15K
CITIZENS FOR THE 16TH
$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
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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.
168 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $519K to Darin Lahood across 191 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$519K
Shared contributors
168
Contributions
191
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 127 | 141 | $472K |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | $18K |
| 2026 | 32 | 34 | $29K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Darin Lahood or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN RAUBER | Deputy Chief of Staff, Communications Director, Deputy Communications Director, … | FWC2026 US, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
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Darin Lahood's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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