Nicholas J. Begich Iii
Republican
· AK-AL · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
62.2
Moderately exposed
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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
3.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$6,913,461
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$20,417,369
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
9.6
/ 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
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5,272 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $47.09M 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 — $94K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$3,681,026
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
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Share from this one network
5.7%
Amount from this network
$69,038
Total from all networks
$1,212,320
Networks contributing
289
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Who funds Iii
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$7,518,205
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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
3.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
20.5%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$42K
TEAMHEALTH EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
$41K
KKR
$36K
CONOCOPHILLIPS
$21K
SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES
$20K
BLUFF POINT ASSOC
$20K
PETRO 49
$20K
GCI
$17K
FOUNDERS FUND
$14K
MIDLAND ENERGY
$14K
PERFORMANCE CONTRACTORS
$14K
RED ROCK RESORTS
$14K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$14K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$14K
DUCHOSSOIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$14K
HOMEMAKER
$13K
GCI
$13K
CHURCH
$13K
ODOM
$12K
RELIABLE TRANSFER
$12K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Nicholas J. Begich Iii comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$14.53M
Disclosed outside spending
$12.55M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.98M
Share that is dark money
13.64%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$3K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$16.57M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$3.90M
DCCC
$3.04M
SLF PAC
$2.44M
AMERICA PAC
$437K
WOMEN VOTE
$389K
EDF ACTION VOTES
$277K
ALASKA POLICY PARTNERS IE GROUP
$105K
GOA VICTORY FUND
$44K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$35K
ALASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
$34K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$29K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$12K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$5K
FAMILY POLICY PAC
$2K
Groups that hide their donors
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
FAMILY POLICY ALLIANCE
$7K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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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.
51 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.24M to Nicholas J. Begich Iii across 130 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.24M
Shared contributors
51
Contributions
130
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 | 18 | $125K |
| 2026 | 41 | 112 | $1.12M |
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Nicholas J. Begich Iii 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