Monica De La Cruz
Republican
· TX-15 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Risk Management · and Credit · House Committee on Financial Services
Influence Score
63.2
Moderately exposed
↑ +7.0
vs 118th (56.2)
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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
3.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,925,939
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$3,578,601
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.5
/ 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
9.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.3
/ 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
8.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$23,404 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5,678 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $14.20M 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 — $28K.
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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 | 56.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$813,215
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.4%
Amount from this network
$30,500
Total from all networks
$2,262,237
Networks contributing
452
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Who funds Cruz
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,744,917
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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
1.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
33.6%
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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
27
Money that arrived near votes
$112K
Distinct donors
42
Distinct employers
25
Share of their total fundraising
2.09%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL
$13K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
CANTOR FITZGERALD
$7K
CITADEL
$7K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$7K
JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$117K
HOMEMAKER
$108K
HOMEMAKER
$37K
LA LOMITA
$28K
RIO FRESH
$15K
BLACK DIAMOND CAPITAL
$14K
RIO FRESH
$14K
THE ONION HAUS
$14K
WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK
$14K
EDW C LEVY
$13K
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL
$13K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$13K
LISTOS PROPERTIES
$13K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$13K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$12K
INVESTMENTS
$12K
CINEMARK USA
$12K
STEWARD HEALTH CARE
$12K
EDW C LEVY
$11K
CHARLES POTOMAC CAPITAL
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Monica De La Cruz comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$3.76M
Disclosed outside spending
$3.08M
Dark-money outside spending
$674K
Share that is dark money
17.94%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$1K
Groups hiding their donors
5
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$3.04M
FAIRSHAKE
$1.63M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.12M
BATTLEGROUND DEMOCRATS
$500K
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC.
$320K
SLF PAC
$225K
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$200K
CATHOLICVOTE.ORG CANDIDATE FUND
$89K
FUTURE LEADERS FUND
$68K
TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND
$61K
ENERGIZE OUR FUTURE
$60K
DGA ACTION
$38K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$38K
VALOR AMERICA
$33K
ALABAMA CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES (ACC)
$33K
Groups that hide their donors
$100K
2 smaller groups under $500
$195
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.
ANNIE MAHON
$330K
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
$75K
LISETTE NIEVES
$15K
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
JASON BELL
$5K
SANDRA LI
$5K
DAVID SWITZER
$4K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
RICHARD PETERSON
$2K
PETER BRADSHAW
$2K
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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.
107 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $895K to Monica De La Cruz across 383 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$895K
Shared contributors
107
Contributions
383
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31 | 59 | $90K |
| 2024 | 63 | 269 | $191K |
| 2026 | 27 | 55 | $613K |
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Monica De La Cruz 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