Ryan K. Zinke
Republican
· MT-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · Veterans Affairs · Housing and Urban Development · House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Influence Score
60.4
Moderately exposed
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vs 118th (60.3)
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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
1.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$229,492
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$5,320,031
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
3.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.2
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.2
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.0
/ 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
10.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $155.71M 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 — $311K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 60.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$205,706
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
DUTY TO AMERICA PAC
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$31,000
Total from all networks
$1,261,197
Networks contributing
331
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Who funds Zinke
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$850,442
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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
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
Times money arrived near a vote
32
Money that arrived near votes
$112K
Distinct donors
45
Distinct employers
29
Share of their total fundraising
1.80%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$7K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$7K
JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
PAYROLL INSURANCE
$7K
RNC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
ULINE
$7K
ORACLE
$5K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$17.01M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
EMC
$15.51M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.60M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.26M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.33M
REYES
$9.14M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.12M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
HOMEMAKER
$7.02M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.64M
EMC
$6.26M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$6.05M
PATHWAYS ORG
$6.05M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ryan K. Zinke comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$5.55M
Disclosed outside spending
$5.01M
Dark-money outside spending
$544K
Share that is dark money
9.79%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$420K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$3.74M
MONTANA VOTERS PAC
$1.12M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$420K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$123K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$81K
SAVE WESTERN CULTURE
$24K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$10K
FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND
$10K
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$10K
SLF PAC
$2K
MONTANA REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
$2K
MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENT
$1K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$932
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$722
VPP
$388
Groups that hide their donors
$420K
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.
50 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.32M to Ryan K. Zinke across 203 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.32M
Shared contributors
50
Contributions
203
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18 | 34 | $158K |
| 2024 | 25 | 124 | $229K |
| 2026 | 18 | 45 | $933K |
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Ryan K. Zinke 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