Burgess Owens
Republican
· UT-4 · 119th Congress
and Secondary Education (Chair) · House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Pensions · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Administrative Law · Terrorism and Homeland Security · Civil Rights · and Civil Liberties
Influence Score
46.7
Least exposed
↓ -3.2
vs 118th (49.9)
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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
2.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$362,876
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.1
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 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
3.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.5
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,616 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $23.61M 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 — $47K.
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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 | 61.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 49.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 46.7 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$66,750
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
5.3%
Amount from this network
$44,500
Total from all networks
$836,381
Networks contributing
185
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Who funds Owens
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
96.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
4
Money that arrived near votes
$9K
Distinct donors
5
Distinct employers
4
Share of their total fundraising
0.91%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY
$3K
ARIZONA COLLEGE OF NURSING
$2K
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGE
$2K
EVERGREEN BEAUTY COLLEGE
$1K
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGE
$900
DELTA COLLEGE
$500
KEISER UNIVERSITY
$500
ASHER COLLEGE
$250
MOUNTAIN AMERICA CREDIT UNION
$250
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGE
$100
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$37K
4LIFE
$26K
CLARKE CAPITAL
$14K
NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT
$12K
KELLER INVESTMENT PROPERTIES
$11K
4LIFE RESEARCH
$11K
HILLWOOD
$10K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$10K
CHECK CITY
$10K
ACI JET
$10K
CITADEL
$10K
COOL MASTER PRO
$10K
UNIFIED PURCHASING
$10K
SALT DEVELOPMENT
$9K
MIKHAIL EDUCATION
$9K
BEAMAN VENTURES
$9K
BILL LUKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE
$9K
CHARLES SCHWAB
$9K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L P
$9K
JAMELL CONSULTANTS
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Burgess Owens comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$9.32M
DCCC
$5.19M
SLF PAC
$1.45M
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$773K
ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICA
$367K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$218K
AMERICAN VALUES FIRST
$54K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$42K
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL VICTORY FUND
$30K
AMERICAN VALUES PAC INC.
$23K
FRIENDS OF MIA LOVE PAC
$10K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$9K
NEW JOURNEY PAC, INC.
$7K
PATRIOTS, LIBERTY, AND PROSPERITY PAC
$7K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$7K
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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.
87 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $378K to Burgess Owens across 142 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$378K
Shared contributors
87
Contributions
142
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | 52 | $239K |
| 2024 | 69 | 82 | $137K |
| 2026 | 3 | 8 | $2K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Burgess Owens or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NELL REILLY | Chief of Staff to Rep. Kathleen Rice (2015-19); Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief … | MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY USA LLC | 1 | 9 | 2023–2024 |
| JON BOUGHTIN | Member Services Director, New Democrat Coalition; Part Time Employee, Rep. Jim H… | TRANS UNION LLC | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Burgess Owens 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