Victoria Spartz
Republican
· IN-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Administrative Law · Terrorism and Homeland Security · Joint Economic Committee
Influence Score
40.6
Least exposed
↓ -5.2
vs 118th (45.8)
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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
2.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$678,586
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$219,509
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
2.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.5
/ 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
10.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,306 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$18 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $7.44M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $15K.
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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 | 44.7 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 45.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 40.6 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$22,500
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
2.4%
Amount from this network
$24,306
Total from all networks
$1,026,980
Networks contributing
287
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Who funds Spartz
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
5.3%
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
5
Money that arrived near votes
$10K
Distinct donors
6
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
0.37%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$3K
PLANNED INVESTMENT
$3K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$1K
MARBLEGATE ASSET MANAGEMENT
$1K
PLANNED INVESTMENT
$1K
FAMLEE INVESTMENT
$500
FAMLEE INVESTMENT COMP
$500
PLANNED INVESTMENT
$250
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT
$200
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
INDIANA SPINE
$23K
INDIANA SPINE
$23K
HANNING BEAN
$20K
INDIANA SPINE
$15K
HOMEMAKER
$15K
PRIME STONE
$14K
PRIME STONE
$13K
GAYLOR ELECTRIC
$12K
WARD MATERIALS
$12K
OGRE
$10K
BOSE MCKINNEY EVANS
$9K
HKW
$9K
BOWEN ENGINEERING
$8K
BOWEN ENGINEERING
$7K
DILLON GAGE
$7K
FAST FOOD SYSTEMS
$7K
HAMILTON ER
$7K
KOCH
$7K
NCNV
$7K
OGRE
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Victoria Spartz comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$495K
Disclosed outside spending
$487K
Dark-money outside spending
$7K
Share that is dark money
1.47%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$6.72M
DCCC
$4.19M
WOMEN VOTE
$1.72M
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$1.24M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$981K
BUILDING A STRONG AMERICA
$323K
PRINCIPLED LEADERS PAC
$220K
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$191K
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC
$177K
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
$150K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$67K
SLF PAC
$49K
INDEPENDENT WOMEN'S VOICE
$33K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$31K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$31K
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
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.
38 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $311K to Victoria Spartz across 62 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$311K
Shared contributors
38
Contributions
62
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26 | 40 | $277K |
| 2024 | 11 | 15 | $24K |
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | $10K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Victoria Spartz or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERICA FITZGERALD | Dep. Chief of Staff, LD - Rep. Spartz (IN); LD - Rep. Van Duyne (TX); Dep. Parli… | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC | 1 | 9 | 2024–2025 |
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Victoria Spartz ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
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