John R. Curtis
Republican
· UT Senate · 119th Congress
Waste Management (Chair) · Environmental Justice (Chair) · and Regulatory Oversight (Chair) · Transnational Crime (Chair) · Civilian Security (Chair) · Human Rights (Chair) · and Global Women's Issues (Chair) · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · the Pacific · and Nonproliferation · and Trade · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Public Lands · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Fisheries · and Data Privacy · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · and Nuclear Innovation and Safety · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · and International Cybersecurity Policy · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Influence Score
68.6
Moderately exposed
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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
2.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$7,797,301
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$79,084
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.0
/ 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
10.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$49 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $49.47M 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 — $99K.
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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 | 48.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 47.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 73.3 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 68.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$5,215,446
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
PINE TREE RESULTS PAC
Share from this one network
1.2%
Amount from this network
$15,000
Total from all networks
$1,222,608
Networks contributing
346
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Who funds Curtis
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$8,280,384
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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
96.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
37.4%
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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
55
Money that arrived near votes
$182K
Distinct donors
74
Distinct employers
45
Share of their total fundraising
3.26%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GREYLOCK
$13K
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$10K
KELLER INVESTMENT PROPERTIES
$10K
SECOR ASSET MANAGEMENT
$10K
CITADEL
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
1ST FINANCIAL BANK USA
$3K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BOEING
$4.39M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
BOEING
$2.04M
HARRIS
$2.04M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.85M
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1.75M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.71M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.55M
ABBVIE
$1.28M
HNTB
$1.28M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.27M
CVS HEALTH
$1.27M
CATERPILLAR
$1.26M
AMGEN
$1.26M
ABBOTT
$1.24M
MICROSOFT
$1.21M
MERCK SHARP DOHME
$1.20M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against John R. Curtis comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$9.13M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.12M
Dark-money outside spending
$16K
Share that is dark money
0.18%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM PAC
$4.99M
FAIRSHAKE
$1.95M
SLF PAC
$486K
AMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION PAC (ACC PAC)
$258K
EDF ACTION VOTES
$101K
UTAHNS FOR LIBERTY
$56K
ALL IN FOR UTAH
$16K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICA
$13K
HOMETOWN FREEDOM ACTION NETWORK
$11K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$670
Groups that hide their donors
$16K
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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.
179 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $768K to John R. Curtis across 250 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$768K
Shared contributors
179
Contributions
250
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27 | 38 | $287K |
| 2024 | 164 | 211 | $479K |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | $1K |
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John R. Curtis sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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