Dusty Johnson
Republican
· SD-AL · 119th Congress
Digital Assets (Chair) · and Rural Development (Chair) · and Department Operations (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · and Credit · Risk Management · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Pensions · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
50.1
Least exposed
↓ -0.6
vs 118th (50.7)
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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
6.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$301,110
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$293,924
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 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
10.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$11,010 direct
NORPAC
$6,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $19.12M 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 — $38K.
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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 | 53.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 38.1 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 50.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 50.1 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$327,536
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
3.1%
Amount from this network
$78,000
Total from all networks
$2,506,366
Networks contributing
398
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Who funds Johnson
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,377,160
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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
86.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
1
Money that arrived near votes
$1K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.03%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACK HILLS CENTRAL RAILROAD
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$67.00M
FTX DIGITAL MARKETS
$15.02M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$5.02M
BOEING
$4.39M
BOEING
$3.61M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.45M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.33M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.01M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
HARRIS
$2.32M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.24M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Dusty Johnson comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC
$266K
AMERICAN DREAM FEDERAL ACTION
$147K
FAIRSHAKE
$125K
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.
$58K
HOLD WASHINGTON ACCOUNTABLE
$51K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$29K
FREEDOM'S ACTION PAC
$28K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$14K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
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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.
35 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $96K to Dusty Johnson across 42 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$96K
Shared contributors
35
Contributions
42
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | $13K |
| 2024 | 21 | 23 | $71K |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | $11K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Dusty Johnson or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHUR SIDNEY | LD & Chief Counsel, Rep. Jackson Lee (2008-2009); Chief of staff and chief couns… | FORBES-TATE | 22 | 22 | 2023–2025 |
| JOHN WEBER | Intern, Senator John Thune (R-SD), Legislative Director, Senior Policy Advisor, … | MONUMENT ADVOCACY | 20 | 21 | 2023–2025 |
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Dusty Johnson 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