Chip Roy
Republican
· TX-21 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Committee on Rules · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · House Committee on the Budget · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Enforcement · Civil Rights · and Civil Liberties
Influence Score
49.9
Least exposed
↓ -6.2
vs 118th (55.9)
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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
1.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$109,668
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$654
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
2.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.8
/ 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
10.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.3
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $139.96M 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 — $280K.
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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 | 70.8 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 53.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 55.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 49.7 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Total money from this network
$44,494
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
CHIP ROY VICTORY FUND
Share from this one network
18.7%
Amount from this network
$130,251
Total from all networks
$694,974
Networks contributing
132
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Who funds Roy
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$412,538
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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
0.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
19.5%
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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
19
Money that arrived near votes
$49K
Distinct donors
19
Distinct employers
17
Share of their total fundraising
2.32%
Biggest clusters of timed money
NEWMEYER DILLION LLP
$7K
WOODFOREST FINANCIAL
$5K
ALLEGIANCE REFINING
$3K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$3K
ANTHEM VENTURES
$3K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$3K
SUNWEST BANK
$3K
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
WESTERN MUTUAL
$3K
WOODFOREST FINANCIAL
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SIG
$19.00M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
SIG
$4.51M
HOMEMAKER
$3.14M
CHARTER
$2.51M
MOUNTAIRE
$2.00M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
HOMEMAKER
$1.79M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
UP RAILROAD
$1.70M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.69M
THE ANTHEM COMPANIES
$1.52M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.48M
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$1.40M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$1.38M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.34M
DELL TECHNOLOGIES
$1.31M
DELL TECHNOLOGIES
$1.19M
LEIDOS
$1.10M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.09M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Chip Roy comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$111K
Disclosed outside spending
$73K
Dark-money outside spending
$37K
Share that is dark money
33.74%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$2.64M
DCCC
$1.38M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$1.11M
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$641K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$585K
WOMEN VOTE
$436K
VOTEVETS
$188K
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$179K
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL VICTORY FUND
$99K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$90K
NATIONAL HORIZON
$64K
AMERICAN FREEDOM FUND
$50K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$43K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$35K
TEA PARTY PATRIOTS CITIZENS FUND
$28K
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.
28 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $304K to Chip Roy across 62 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$304K
Shared contributors
28
Contributions
62
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17 | 35 | $201K |
| 2024 | 16 | 25 | $100K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $3K |
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Chip Roy 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