Wesley Hunt
Republican
· TX-38 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Enforcement
Influence Score
44.0
Least exposed
↓ -1.3
vs 118th (45.3)
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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
2.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
3.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.2
/ 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
10.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$6,710 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$279 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.31M 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 — $63K.
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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 | 45.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 44.0 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
Total money from this network
$89,670
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
2.5%
Amount from this network
$30,000
Total from all networks
$1,175,407
Networks contributing
272
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Who funds Hunt
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
1.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
48.8%
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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
12
Money that arrived near votes
$26K
Distinct donors
13
Distinct employers
11
Share of their total fundraising
0.98%
Biggest clusters of timed money
OWSLEY LAW FIRM
$7K
KING SPALDING LLP KIDS
$3K
LANIER LAW FIRM
$3K
SELF - LANIER LAW FIRM PC
$3K
HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP
$2K
OASIS PETROLEUM
$2K
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER TEXAS
$1K
BRAUN ELECTRIC
$1K
HOOVER SLOVACEK LLP
$1K
HOOVER SLOVACEK LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$158K
HOMEMAKER
$48K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$25K
SILENCER SHOP
$23K
BLACKSTONE
$21K
TROY CONSTRUCTION
$17K
PERMIAN RESOURCES
$17K
WILLIAMS BROS CONSTRUCTION
$14K
VILLAGE FAMILY PRACTICE
$14K
TEXAS CRUDE ENERGY
$14K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$14K
ARCHWAY SUPPORT
$13K
ANTINA CATTLE
$13K
PEOPLES BANK
$13K
JACKSON OFFSHORE
$12K
ARCHROCK
$12K
MOUNTAIRE
$12K
THE KENT COMPANIES
$12K
JOHNSON LINDLEY
$11K
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN
$11K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Wesley Hunt comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$969K
Disclosed outside spending
$768K
Dark-money outside spending
$201K
Share that is dark money
20.77%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
3
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.
104 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $281K to Wesley Hunt across 220 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$281K
Shared contributors
104
Contributions
220
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30 | 56 | $174K |
| 2024 | 72 | 93 | $84K |
| 2026 | 7 | 71 | $23K |
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Wesley Hunt 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