Troy Balderson
Republican
· OH-12 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Research · and Credit · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Small Business · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
59.5
Moderately exposed
↓ -1.3
vs 118th (60.7)
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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
7.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,502
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
5.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.8
/ 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
11.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$6,238 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.44M 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 — $69K.
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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 | 56.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 50.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 60.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 59.4 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$50,000
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.6%
Amount from this network
$45,500
Total from all networks
$2,927,825
Networks contributing
460
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Who funds Balderson
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,240,102
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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
4.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
41.9%
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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
11
Money that arrived near votes
$24K
Distinct donors
13
Distinct employers
9
Share of their total fundraising
2.28%
Biggest clusters of timed money
COLER HEALTHCARE
$7K
HILLSTONE HEALTHCARE
$3K
UTILITY TECHNOLOGY INT L
$3K
CAMERON DRILLING
$3K
UTILITY TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL COR
$2K
CENTRAL OHIO NEWBORN MEDICINE
$1K
GENESIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
$1K
GENESIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
$1K
GENESIS PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS
$1K
MFC DRILLING
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.01M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
BOEING
$2.04M
USPS
$2.04M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Troy Balderson comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7K
Disclosed outside spending
$5K
Dark-money outside spending
$2K
Share that is dark money
32.85%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$2K
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
SLF PAC
$1.22M
DCCC
$630K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$579K
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
$318K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$192K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$96K
FUND FOR A WORKING CONGRESS
$79K
AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.
$75K
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$36K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$23K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$19K
PRO-ISRAEL AMERICA ACTION FUND (PIA ACTION FUND)
$10K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$8K
NRCC
$7K
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC
$5K
Groups that hide their donors
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.
54 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $351K to Troy Balderson across 78 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$351K
Shared contributors
54
Contributions
78
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36 | 45 | $195K |
| 2024 | 15 | 21 | $142K |
| 2026 | 11 | 12 | $13K |
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Troy Balderson sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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