Mike Levin
Democrat
· CA-49 · 117th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · Veterans Affairs · and Related Agencies · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Wildlife · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Influence Score
70.5
Highly exposed
↑ +5.9
vs 118th (68.3)
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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
2.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,969,564
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
7.7
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
11.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.3
/ 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
0.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $133.99M 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 — $268K.
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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 | 74.1 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 70.5 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 68.3 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 74.2 | Highly exposed |
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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
$2,449,122
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
2.4%
Amount from this network
$55,000
Total from all networks
$2,265,115
Networks contributing
344
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Who funds Levin
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$7,981,059
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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
30.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
19.7%
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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
72
Money that arrived near votes
$160K
Distinct donors
81
Distinct employers
63
Share of their total fundraising
3.72%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLUESTEM ASSET MANAGEMENT
$7K
JACOBS INVESTMENT
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$3K
DRAGONEER INVESTMENT
$3K
EDWARD JONES
$3K
GREYLOCK
$3K
GREYLOCK
$3K
JS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
KAISER PERMANENTE
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLOOMBERG
$31.42M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.30M
BLOOMBERG
$15.85M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.69M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
REYES
$9.22M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.52M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.17M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
SIMONS
$3.80M
MOUNTAIRE
$3.50M
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
$3.34M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mike Levin comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7.76M
Disclosed outside spending
$7.34M
Dark-money outside spending
$424K
Share that is dark money
5.46%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$338K
Groups hiding their donors
9
By funding network
SLF PAC
$6.01M
INDEPENDENCE USA PAC
$873K
DCCC
$415K
BLOOMFIELD, BILL
$272K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST PAC
$265K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$247K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$233K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$193K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$163K
CALIFORNIA COMEBACK FUND
$142K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$117K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$111K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$100K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$80K
COMMITTEE FOR WORKING FAMILIES, SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
$72K
Groups that hide their donors
$233K
$80K
$25K
2 smaller groups under $500
$429
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.
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$84K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$83K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$82K
BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO
$26K
PAUL DOOLEY
$17K
CYNTHIA SNELL
$6K
ROSLYN MEYER
$5K
DONALD HENLEY
$4K
WILIAM HANEY
$4K
CATHERINE ROMLEY
$2K
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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.
195 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $452K to Mike Levin across 389 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$452K
Shared contributors
195
Contributions
389
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 78 | 131 | $123K |
| 2024 | 88 | 145 | $162K |
| 2026 | 77 | 113 | $166K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Mike Levin or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYD TERRY | COS, Rep. Jan Schakowsky; Policy Coordinator for Energy & Commerce; LD, Rep. Jan… | BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | 40 | 232 | 2023–2025 |
| MARGARET RANDOLPH | Senator Levin 2007-8, Rep. Kildee 2010-13 | TRINITY HEALTH | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
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Mike Levin'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