Lance Gooden
Republican
· TX-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · House Committee on Financial Services · Community Development · and Insurance · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet · Regulatory Reform · and Antitrust
Influence Score
42.1
Least exposed
↓ -2.4
vs 118th (44.5)
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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
3.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,500
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
5.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
8.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$16,277 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $37.85M 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 — $76K.
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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 | 52.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 32.4 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 44.5 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 42.1 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$55,500
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
GOODEN VICTORY FUND
Share from this one network
7.9%
Amount from this network
$123,086
Total from all networks
$1,556,707
Networks contributing
250
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Who funds Gooden
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$615,250
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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
96.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
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
Biggest clusters of timed money
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS LLP
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
BOEING
$4.39M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
HARRIS
$2.32M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
BOEING
$2.06M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.87M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.69M
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$1.67M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.60M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Lance Gooden comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$517K
OUR CONSERVATIVE TEXAS FUTURE
$255K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$45K
TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE INC
$37K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$8K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$6K
COMMITTEE FOR DEFENDING AMERICAN VALUES
$2K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$736
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC
$594
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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.
3 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $18K to Lance Gooden across 14 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$18K
Shared contributors
3
Contributions
14
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 9 | $10K |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 | $8K |
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Lance Gooden 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