Eric A. "Rick" Crawford
Republican
· AR-1 · 119th Congress
and Hazardous Materials (Chair) · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Chair) · and Counterproliferation (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · and Research · and Credit · Risk Management · and Department Operations · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Influence Score
53.9
Moderately exposed
↓ -4.3
vs 118th (58.2)
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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
4.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
12.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
8.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,253 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $28.46M 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 — $57K.
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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 | 36.5 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 33.9 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 58.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 53.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$130,000
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.
Share from this one network
3.7%
Amount from this network
$65,000
Total from all networks
$1,742,503
Networks contributing
299
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Who funds Crawford
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
95.0%
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
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HERZOG CONTRACTING
$43K
STEPHENS
$14K
ACCESS MEDICAL CLINIC
$12K
AI LAB WATCH
$7K
ANTHROPIC
$7K
HEDGES
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
T E CONTRACTORS
$7K
HEDGES
$7K
RUNWAY
$7K
SNK REAL PROPERTY
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
METR
$6K
ATS COMMUNICATIONS
$6K
CONERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
$6K
ENVIROTECH VEHICLES
$6K
HEDGES
$6K
THE LIVINGSTON
$6K
LIFEPLUS
$6K
CORCORAN
$5K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Eric A. "Rick" Crawford comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
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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.
37 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $117K to Eric A. "Rick" Crawford across 76 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$117K
Shared contributors
37
Contributions
76
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | $3K |
| 2024 | 31 | 55 | $76K |
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | $38K |
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Eric A. "Rick" Crawford 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