Ralph Norman
Republican
· SC-5 · 116th Congress
House Committee on Science (Chair) · House Committee on Financial Services · House Committee on Homeland Security · Infrastructure Protection · and Innovation · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Committee on Rules · and Technology · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
67.1
Moderately exposed
↑ +1.9
vs 118th (49.7)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$79,457
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$736,622
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.7
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.4
/ 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
12.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.6
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.1
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $130.17M 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 — $260K.
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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 | 67.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 44.0 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 49.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 51.6 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC
Total money from this network
$37,500
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
WISCONSIN TRUTH PAC
Share from this one network
4.7%
Amount from this network
$25,000
Total from all networks
$534,341
Networks contributing
113
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Who funds Norman
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,288,210
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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
99.4%
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
3
Money that arrived near votes
$4K
Distinct donors
3
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
1.44%
Biggest clusters of timed money
KOLB GIVENS ATTORNEYS AT LAW
$2K
GALLOWAY INSURANCE
$1K
GALLOWAY INSURANCE
$1K
CAROLINAS INSURANCE INVESTMENT
$500
GILL INSURANCE
$500
STATE FARM INSURANCE AGENCY
$500
CARROLL FINANCIAL ASSOCIATES
$400
WELLS FARGO
$250
MOSS INSURANCE AGENCY
$230
BONEY INSURANCE AGENCY
$200
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
BOEING
$3.65M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.65M
HOMEMAKER
$1.46M
BLOOMBERG
$1.00M
ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP
$1.00M
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$968K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$965K
REGIONS BANK
$922K
AT T SERVICES
$885K
HOMEMAKER
$796K
DOM ENERGY SERVICES
$793K
DOM ENERGY SERVICES
$783K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$735K
REGIONS BANK
$689K
LPL FINANCIAL
$684K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ralph Norman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7K
Disclosed outside spending
$7K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.11%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
CLA, INC.
$319K
SLF PAC
$53K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$9K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$6K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$3K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$3K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$278
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
12 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $399K to Ralph Norman across 19 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$399K
Shared contributors
12
Contributions
19
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 12 | $191K |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | $106K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $102K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Ralph Norman or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARK PILAND | - Chief of Staff - Rep. Ralph Norman; Chief of Staff/Leg. Director/Senior Leg. A… | THE ARTEMIS GROUP, LLC (OKLAHOMA) | 20 | 58 | 2025–2025 |
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Ralph Norman 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