Randy Feenstra
Republican
· IA-4 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Credit · and Biotechnology · and Poultry · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
76.8
Highly exposed
↑ +10.5
vs 118th (66.3)
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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
10.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$214,519
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$454
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.1
/ 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
11.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 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
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$18,525 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$301 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $50.74M 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 — $101K.
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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 | 69.3 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 66.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 76.8 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$133,185
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.0%
Amount from this network
$39,000
Total from all networks
$3,749,521
Networks contributing
539
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Who funds Feenstra
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,042,359
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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
97.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
87.2%
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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
29
Money that arrived near votes
$85K
Distinct donors
41
Distinct employers
22
Share of their total fundraising
4.19%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$7K
FORTRESS INVESTMENT
$7K
FRONTIER BANK
$7K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
AMERICAN STATE BANK
$3K
APOLLO INSURANCE SOLUTIONS
$3K
BOSTON MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
$3K
BRIGHTHOUSE FINANCIAL
$3K
GLOBAL ATLANTIC FINANCIAL
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$92K
HOMEMAKER
$46K
HOMEMAKER
$27K
DOLL DISTRIBUTING
$27K
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT
$23K
TALUSAG
$21K
IOWA SELECT FARMS
$20K
BGR
$19K
PREMIER COMMUNICATIONS
$18K
COTTINGHAM BUTLER
$18K
SUMMIT AGRICULTURAL
$18K
BLUE OWL CAPITAL
$18K
CANDYBOMBER
$18K
CEO
$17K
MIDLAND ENERGY
$16K
SABIN METAL
$16K
SEAN N PARKER
$16K
COTTINGHAM BUTLER
$16K
WELLS
$16K
EAGLE CONSTRUCTION TALON DEVELOPMENT
$14K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Randy Feenstra comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$154K
Disclosed outside spending
$144K
Dark-money outside spending
$10K
Share that is dark money
6.37%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
PRIORITIES FOR IOWA POLITICAL FUND
$1.48M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$258K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$61K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$32K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$11K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICA
$445
DEMOCRACY PAC
$124
KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)
$11
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
AMERICA S PROMISE
$4.73M
BLAINE FOR CONGRESS
$1.51M
CISCOMANI FOR CONGRESS
$24K
ROB FOR PA
$20K
ELECTGABEEVANS COM
$20K
MACKENZIE FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
$20K
GLEN FEINGOLD
$19K
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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.
83 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $607K to Randy Feenstra across 117 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$607K
Shared contributors
83
Contributions
117
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37 | 47 | $315K |
| 2024 | 56 | 67 | $187K |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $104K |
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Randy Feenstra's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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