Trent Kelly
Republican
· MS-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Poultry · House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on the Budget · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
46.3
Least exposed
↓ -5.6
vs 118th (51.8)
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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
3.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$902
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.9
/ 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
9.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
8.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,291 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $29.93M 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 — $60K.
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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 | 29.9 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 39.4 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 51.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 46.2 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Total money from this network
$54,500
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
3.6%
Amount from this network
$54,500
Total from all networks
$1,519,591
Networks contributing
232
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Who funds Kelly
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$583,952
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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
3.5%
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
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.47M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
BOEING
$2.06M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
HARRIS
$2.04M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.61M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.55M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$1.48M
GOOGLE
$1.45M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Trent Kelly comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$902
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.
13 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $21K to Trent Kelly across 14 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$21K
Shared contributors
13
Contributions
14
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 5 | $8K |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | $10K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $3K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Trent Kelly or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS MILLS | Deputy Director for Agricultural Outreach, US Environmental Protection Agency; L… | FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC (FKA FGH HOLDINGS LLC) | 8 | 9 | 2025–2025 |
| ED GERAK | Senator Sinema, Senator Kelly, Congressman Grijalva, Congressman Ciscomani and C… | IRRIGATION AND ELECTRICAL DISTRICTS ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA, INC. | 1 | 4 | 2023–2025 |
| JENELL BIGGS SMOLOVA | Arizona congressional delegation staff from Senator Kelly and Sinema offices; Re… | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | 1 | 6 | 2023–2025 |
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Trent Kelly 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