Beth Van Duyne
Republican
· TX-24 · 119th Congress
and Capital Access (Chair) · and Regulations (Chair) · House Committee on Small Business · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
Influence Score
61.1
Moderately exposed
↑ +2.0
vs 118th (59.1)
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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
6.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$34,525
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$145,489
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
3.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.3
/ 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
12.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$16,506 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $53.25M 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 — $107K.
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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 | 47.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 59.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 61.1 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$65,250
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$43,500
Total from all networks
$3,010,229
Networks contributing
501
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Who funds Duyne
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
97.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
93.6%
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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
12
Money that arrived near votes
$37K
Distinct donors
14
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
1.11%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
BANK OF THE WEST
$6K
BLACKSTONE
$6K
FLUENT FINANCIAL
$3K
SLOAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$3K
SUSSER BANK
$3K
POPULUS FINANCIAL
$2K
SLOAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$2K
METZ INSURANCE
$2K
BLACKSTONE
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$95K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$60K
CHARTER BROKERAGE
$40K
HOMEMAKER
$37K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$36K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$21K
UNAKA
$21K
SOUTHLAND
$20K
COPART
$20K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$18K
ACELLERATED INTERVENTIONAL ORTHOPEDICS
$17K
CHARTER BROKERAGE
$15K
INSPERITY
$15K
INSPERITY
$14K
RYAN
$14K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$14K
BANK OF THE WEST
$14K
PGL
$13K
HILLWOOD DEVELOPMENT
$13K
DEASON CAPITAL SERVICES
$12K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Beth Van Duyne comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$123K
Disclosed outside spending
$123K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
DCCC
$9.29M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$7.25M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$1.56M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.03M
WOMEN VOTE
$418K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$404K
SLF PAC
$316K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$149K
AMERICA'S PROMISE
$145K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$121K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$32K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$4K
COMMITTEE FOR DEFENDING AMERICAN VALUES
$2K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$668
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC
$598
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.
68 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $320K to Beth Van Duyne across 125 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$320K
Shared contributors
68
Contributions
125
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24 | 42 | $202K |
| 2024 | 36 | 59 | $61K |
| 2026 | 20 | 24 | $57K |
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Beth Van Duyne 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