Kevin Cramer
Republican
· ND Senate · 116th Congress
and Wildlife (Chair) · Senate Committee on Armed Services · Senate Committee on Banking · and Urban Affairs · and Community Development · and Investment · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · and Nuclear Innovation and Safety · and Nuclear Safety · and Water · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Senate Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
84.8
Most 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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,133,941
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$12,288,690
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
1.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
8.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
9.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$17,878 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $46.53M 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 — $93K.
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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 | 84.8 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 50.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 37.5 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 75.0 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$28,500
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.
Share from this one network
2.6%
Amount from this network
$55,622
Total from all networks
$2,127,228
Networks contributing
385
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Who funds Cramer
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$17,127,983
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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
3.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
Times money arrived near a vote
40
Money that arrived near votes
$164K
Distinct donors
66
Distinct employers
28
Share of their total fundraising
3.82%
Biggest clusters of timed money
HESS
$26K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$12K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$9K
BELLE FOURCHE PIPELINE
$7K
CLEARPATH ACTION
$7K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$7K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$7K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$7K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
BOEING
$4.39M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.31M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
CHARTER
$2.51M
HARRIS
$2.32M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.04M
HARRIS
$2.04M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.01M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.86M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.71M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Kevin Cramer comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SMP
$2.84M
DSCC
$2.05M
GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC PAC
$1.10M
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$813K
NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN PARTY
$175K
SLF PAC
$90K
NRSC
$84K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$75K
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC
$52K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$52K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$35K
OUR FUTURE IN AMERICA, INC.
$24K
VIGOP (VIRGIN ISLANDS REPUBLICAN PARTY)
$15K
CATHOLICVOTE.ORG CANDIDATE FUND
$12K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$8K
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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.
233 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $718K to Kevin Cramer across 307 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$718K
Shared contributors
233
Contributions
307
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 14 | $462 |
| 2024 | 231 | 290 | $716K |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | $2K |
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Kevin Cramer ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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