Veronica Escobar
Democrat
· TX-16 · 118th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · Veterans Affairs · and Related Agencies · House Committee on Armed Services · Innovative Technologies · and Information Systems · House Committee on Ethics · House Committee on the Budget · House Committee on the Judiciary · Terrorism and Homeland Security · Civil Rights · and Civil Liberties · House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Influence Score
74.0
Highly exposed
↓ -5.7
vs 118th (74.0)
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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
3.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$458
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
8.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.5
/ 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
12.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.2
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$3,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $254.24M 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 — $508K.
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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 | 79.0 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 69.9 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 74.0 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 68.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$42,000
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
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$40,000
Total from all networks
$1,567,835
Networks contributing
256
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Who funds Escobar
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$623,842
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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
3.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
85.7%
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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
10
Money that arrived near votes
$25K
Distinct donors
12
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
2.02%
Biggest clusters of timed money
HOUGHTON FINANCIAL
$7K
WESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE
$7K
LAW OFFICE OF STEVE ORTEGA PLLC
$3K
CARDINAL INVESTMENT
$2K
BLACKSTONE
$1K
HOGAN LOVELLS
$1K
JONES DAY
$1K
RICE UNIVERSITY
$1K
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO
$1K
WESTSTAR BANK
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.41M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.62M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.16M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.01M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.98M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
HARRIS
$2.32M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.17M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Veronica Escobar comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$520
Disclosed outside spending
$512
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
1.54%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
WOMEN VOTE
$250K
KEEP EL PASO HONEST
$196K
LATINO VICTORY FUND
$39K
COMMUNITIES ENGAGED
$38K
UNIDOSUS ACTION FUND, INC.
$4K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$1K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$937
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRACY PAC
$313
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$293
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$139
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$22
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
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.
70 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $661K to Veronica Escobar across 134 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$661K
Shared contributors
70
Contributions
134
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43 | 63 | $80K |
| 2024 | 35 | 56 | $538K |
| 2026 | 13 | 15 | $43K |
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Veronica Escobar'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