Daniel Crenshaw
Republican
· TX-2 · 116th Congress
and Accountability (Chair) · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Homeland Security · and Recovery · House Committee on the Budget · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Influence Score
73.2
Highly exposed
↑ +3.9
vs 118th (68.7)
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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
4.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,249,364
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
4.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.6
/ 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
12.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$2,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $40.66M 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 — $81K.
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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 | 73.2 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 68.5 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 68.7 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 72.6 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
Total money from this network
$463,830
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
FIGHT TO WIN AMERICA, INC.
Share from this one network
36.8%
Amount from this network
$1,649,020
Total from all networks
$4,482,178
Networks contributing
430
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Who funds Crenshaw
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$7,997,382
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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
97.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
82.8%
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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
8
Money that arrived near votes
$26K
Distinct donors
11
Distinct employers
7
Share of their total fundraising
0.70%
Biggest clusters of timed money
MIDLAND ENERGY
$13K
KSW OILFIELD RENTAL
$3K
PHYSICIANS PREMIER EMERGENCY CENTERS
$3K
CYPRESS PHYSICIANS
$2K
ELITE HOSPITAL
$2K
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
$1K
CHEVRON
$1K
CHEVRON
$1K
CHEVRON
$250
GEONIX OILFIELD PRODUCTS
$250
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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
$3.61M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.33M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
CHARTER
$2.65M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.24M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
BOEING
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Daniel Crenshaw comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.13M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.13M
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$1.10M
FIGHT TO WIN AMERICA, INC.
$825K
LONE STAR LIBERTY PAC
$409K
AMERICAN PATRIOTS PAC
$326K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$203K
SLF PAC
$150K
AMERICANS TOGETHER
$96K
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.
$77K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$42K
TEXAS PATRIOTS PAC
$41K
CLUB FOR CONSERVATIVES
$30K
PATRIOTS, LIBERTY, AND PROSPERITY PAC
$29K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$25K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$18K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$13K
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.
247 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $754K to Daniel Crenshaw across 366 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$754K
Shared contributors
247
Contributions
366
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 91 | 127 | $424K |
| 2024 | 60 | 99 | $116K |
| 2026 | 122 | 140 | $214K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Daniel Crenshaw or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN ARIALE | Chief of Staff Rep. Crenshaw & Chief of Staff Rep. McCollum (FL) | HB STRATEGIES | 4 | 19 | 2023–2024 |
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Daniel Crenshaw'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