Derrick Van Orden
Republican
· WI-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Poultry · House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
61.5
Moderately exposed
↑ +8.4
vs 118th (53.1)
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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
5.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,874,718
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$14,982,687
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 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
8.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$20,306 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$10,608 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $29.93M 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 — $60K.
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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 | 53.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 61.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$1,531,538
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
10.4%
Amount from this network
$257,760
Total from all networks
$2,483,672
Networks contributing
414
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Who funds Orden
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,855,076
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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
1.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
1.7%
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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
1
Money that arrived near votes
$1K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.02%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GRASSLAND DAIRY
$1K
SAIC RESTON VA
$500
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
$250
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
$250
BOEING
$100
BOEING
$100
MITRE
$52
BOEING
$25
BOEING
$25
BOEING
$25
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$212K
HOMEMAKER
$101K
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT
$59K
HOMEMAKER
$43K
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT
$30K
FRANA COMPANIES
$26K
RMV
$26K
EDW C LEVY
$25K
DIAMOND ASSETS
$24K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$23K
ORAL SURGERY CLINIC OF LACROSSE
$23K
ARCHER AUTO
$23K
PRENT
$20K
ORAL SURGERY CLINIC OF LACROSSE
$18K
SUBZERO WOLF APPLIANCE
$18K
SILENCER SHOP
$18K
HERMENING FINANCIAL
$17K
ULINE
$17K
ULINE
$16K
ELGIN TOYOTA
$16K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Derrick Van Orden comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$8.10M
Disclosed outside spending
$7.81M
Dark-money outside spending
$286K
Share that is dark money
3.53%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$278K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$7.91M
VOTEVETS
$2.12M
YOUR COMMUNITY PAC
$1.94M
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$1.29M
TURNOUT IE PAC
$1.09M
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC
$1.01M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$786K
SAEF
$650K
SLF PAC
$345K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$341K
HONORING AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PAC
$325K
DEFEND THE VOTE
$205K
AMERICAN PATRIOTS PAC
$181K
POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUND
$160K
CAREER EDUCATION PAC
$119K
Groups that hide their donors
$268K
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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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.
83 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.39M to Derrick Van Orden across 384 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.39M
Shared contributors
83
Contributions
384
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23 | 48 | $167K |
| 2024 | 54 | 245 | $227K |
| 2026 | 31 | 91 | $998K |
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Derrick Van Orden 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