Carlos A. Gimenez
Republican
· FL-28 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Homeland Security · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
53.1
Moderately exposed
↓ -6.6
vs 118th (59.7)
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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
3.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$33,588
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$35,994
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.3
/ 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
0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,804 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$24 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $25.01M 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 — $50K.
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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 | 47.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 59.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 53.1 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$42,000
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
2.2%
Amount from this network
$30,000
Total from all networks
$1,360,146
Networks contributing
293
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Who funds Gimenez
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
2.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
DUTY FREE AMERICA S
$17K
VALLS
$17K
NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT
$16K
UNIVISTA
$16K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$14K
PLANO 6500
$14K
TRANSPORTATION AMERICA
$14K
INSURANCE NATION
$13K
AEG FUEL
$13K
DP REAL ESTATE
$13K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$13K
TRANSPORTATION AMERICA
$13K
GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE
$13K
ALLIED UNIVERSAL
$13K
DP REAL ESTATE
$12K
NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT
$12K
SUNSHINE GASOLINE DISTRIBUTORS
$12K
THE RELATED
$12K
G L HOMES
$10K
GL HOMES
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Carlos A. Gimenez comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$51K
Disclosed outside spending
$48K
Dark-money outside spending
$3K
Share that is dark money
5.76%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$3K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
DCCC
$7.82M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$7.78M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.53M
SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS FIRST
$1.19M
WOMEN VOTE
$943K
SLF PAC
$377K
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$360K
LATINO VICTORY FUND
$216K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$191K
FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT ASSOCIATION PAC
$118K
SOMOS PAC
$69K
UNITED WE DREAM ACTION PAC
$33K
DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC
$32K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$25K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$8K
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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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.
92 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $394K to Carlos A. Gimenez across 204 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$394K
Shared contributors
92
Contributions
204
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 48 | 118 | $156K |
| 2024 | 29 | 42 | $186K |
| 2026 | 22 | 44 | $52K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Carlos A. Gimenez or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANIEL JATIVA | Comms Director, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar; Senior Comms Advisor, House Budget Co… | BRUNSWICK CORPORATION | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Carlos A. Gimenez 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